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The most noticeable, brightly colored part of a flower that helps to attract bees or other creatures.
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petals |
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Usually look like smaller, green versions of the petals and are located beneath them. The enclose and protect a developing flower. |
sepals |
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A developing flower |
bud |
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Colorful leaves used to attract insects to the flower that may take the place of petals, as in a poinsettia. |
bracts |
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A long tube in the middle of a flower that makes seeds.
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pistil |
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Holds one or more undeveloped seeds in a flower |
ovary |
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Undeveloped seeds in a flower |
ovules |
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A ring structure around the pistil that makes pollen in a flower. |
stamens |
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The process in which a sperm cell from a pollen grain unites with an egg cell of a flower, causing a seed to develop. |
fertilization |
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The flat tip on the pistil, specially designed to receive pollen. |
stigma |
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The transfer of pollen from a stamen to the pistil. |
Pollination |
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A sweet liquid stored in the bottom of a flower bloom.
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nectar |
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During pollination, a tube formed by a special cell down which two sperm cells travel from a pollen grain to the egg cell inside the ovule. |
pollen tube |
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Taking something apart for study
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dissecting |
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Anything that forms from the ovary of a flower.
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fruit |
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An inactive seed it said to be _____.
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dormant |
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T/F: Tomatoes and cucumbers are actually fruits. |
True |
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The most important function of fruits for plants |
To help scatter seeds |
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Name the two things that must be present in order for a seed to sprout.
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Moisture and warmth |
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Name the three parts of a seed. |
Cotyledons Seed Coat |
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A miniature undeveloped plant, made up of a tiny shoot that will become the stem and leaves, and a small root
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embryo |
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A structure within the seed that contains the stored food for the growing plant |
cotyledon |
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The part of the seed that covers and protects the embryo.
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seed coat |
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Scientist who studies plants |
botanist |
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A new variety of a plant resulting from cross fertilizing related plants. |
hybrid |
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Give an example of a beneficial hybrid |
larger ears of corn disease resistant plants drought resistant plants |
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A Swedish scientist known as the "little botanist". Invented the system of classifying plans and animals that is still in use today.
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Carl Linnaeus |
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Known as the "Father of Taxonomy"
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Carl Linnaeus |
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Name three insects that commonly aid in pollination.
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bees, flies, wasps, butterflies |
