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- where female gametophytes develop
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- food rich tissue that nourishes a seedling as it grows
- triploid
- sperm+2 nuclei = endosperm
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| plant hormone that promotes cell elongation |
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| response of plants to touch |
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| narrow stalk of the carpel in a flower |
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- structure inside the sepals
- attracts insects and other pollinators
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| tendency of plants to grow toward a source of light |
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| outermost circle of flower parts that encloses the bud before it opens and protects the flower when its developing |
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- made up of an anther and a filament
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| sticky portion at the top of the style where pollen grains frequently land |
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| innermost part of a flower that produces the female gametophyte |
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| flower structure in which haploid male gametophytes are produced |
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| structure that contains one or more ovules from which female gametophytes are produced |
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| substance produced in one part of an organism that affects another part of the same organism |
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substance produced ub the tip of a seedling that stimulates cell elongation
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| plant hormone that stimulates fruits to ripen |
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| period of time during which a plant embryo is alive but not growing (fall and winter) |
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| long, thin structure that supports an anther |
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| early growth stage of a plant embryo |
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| response of a plant to the force of gravity |
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| growth-promoting substance produced by plants |
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| what are the male and female gametophytes? |
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| male is pollen, female is the ovules |
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- calyx
- corolla
- androecium
- gynoecium
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- second whorl
- made up of the petals
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- female whorl
- innermost whorl
- made up of one or more pistils
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| why is double fertilization an adaptation? |
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| adaptive because the new plant needs food (endosperm) |
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- pollen cell(2n) undergoes one meiotic division
- produces four haploid microspores
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- mother cell (2n) undergoes one mitotic division
- produces one haploid cell
- other three cells disinegrate
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what is a complete flower?
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| complete flowers have all four typical parts: stamens, pistils, sepals, petals |
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| what are perfect flowers? |
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| flower with male and female parts |
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| what are imperfect flowers? |
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| flowers with only one type of reproductive part |
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| what are the two types of imperfect flowers? |
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- staminate: (male) only have stamens
- pistillate: (female) only hav pistils
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| what are monoecious plants? |
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| they have imperfect flowers on ONE plant |
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| first step in plant repoduction |
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| formation of egg and pollen (sperm) |
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| what is the 2nd step in plant reproduction |
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| what is the 3rd step in plant reproduction? |
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| what is the 4th step in plant reproduction? |
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| what is the 5th step of plant reproduction |
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| fruit formation at the base of the flower |
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| what is the 6th step of plant reproduction? |
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| seed developement in the fruit |
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| what is the 7th step of plant reproduction? |
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| seed dispersal (spreading) |
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| what is the 8th step of plant reproduction? |
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| what is the 9th step of plant reproduction? |
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| what is the 10th step of plant reproduction? |
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