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Any living thing can be called a(n) _________.
organism
New organisms that come from parent organisms are called _____.
offspring
Making more of the same type of organism is called ______.
reproduction
Plants that use flowers to reproduce are called ____.
angiosperms
The male structure in a flower is called the _____.
stamen
____ are part of the male part of a flower and produce pollen.
anthers
____ is also part of the male structure of a flower. It supports the anther.
filament
The female part of a flower is called the pistil, or the ____.
carpel
The ____ is the top of the pistil and receives pollen.
stigma
The ____ supports the pistil and is a tunnel for the pollen to travel through.
style
At the end of the style is the _____ that contains ______ which will become fruit with seeds.
ovary; ovules (eggs)
The _____ protect the ovary.
sepals
When pollen (male structure) combines with an ovule (female structure), _____ occurs.
fertilization
______ occurs when an organism collects pollen from one flower and carries to another flower.
pollination
Grains of pollen left on the stigma create a tube down the _____ in order to reach the ___.
style; ovary
A ____ is a structure with a tough coating that contains a tiny baby plant and food supply. It forms in the ovary after fertilization.
seed
______ occurs when the seed sprouts and begins to grow into a new plant.
germination
Nonflowering plants are called _________.
gymnosperms
_____ are a type of gymnosperm that use cones to reproduce.
conifers
Seeds must scatter and move away from the parent plant to grow. This is called _____.
seed dispersal
How do seeds disperse?
wing, water, animals, bursting
A ____ is a tiny reproductive structure in a capsule that grows into a new plant all by itself.
spore
______ and ______ are two examples of plants that use spores to reproduce.
mosses and ferns
The two main kinds of angiosperms are ____ and ____.
monocots and dicots
_____ = living thing in environment
_____ = nonliving thing in environment
biotic; abiotic