Reproduction
The pistil of a plant, the female reproductive part, is made up of the stigma, _______, and ovary.
What is the style?
The ______ transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
What is xylem?
When a plant responds to gravity, light or water, this is considered a type of ______.
What is tropism?
What is the organ that allows plants to collect sunlight and turn it into food?
What is a leaf?
What shape is a plant cell?
What is rectangular?
Plants reproduce sexually when male ______ produce pollen and pollenate the female _______.
Hint: The whole part, not individual pieces!
What is stamen?
What is pistil?
What property causes water molecules to stick to other water molecules?
What is cohesion?
When a plant grows towards light, towards water, downwards with gravity... this is ______ trophism.
What is positive trophism?
What part of a plant anchors it to the ground, allows for water and mineral absorption, and stores excess food?
What are roots?
What energy-making organelle(s) do plant cells have?
What is chloroplasts?
What is mitocondria?
In flowering plants, the ripened ovary turns into a _____.
What is a fruit?
What property allows water to travel up or down xylem or phloem?
What is capillary action?
Shoots bend towards light. This is ________.
Bonus (100pts): Why do they bend towards light?
What is phototrophism?
I regulate gas exchange and water loss on plant leaves. I am...
What is stomata?
The loss of water through plant leaves is referred to as...
What is transpiration?
What is the ovule that protects the genetic information of a plant called?
Hint: Fruits contain these.
What is a seed?
What property causes water molecules to stick to the inside of a capillary, like xylem or phloem?
What is adhesion?
Plants' roots growing downward is an example of (positive or negative) _______?
What is positive geotrophism?
What structure forms a protective coating around a budding flower?
What is a sepal?
What do plant cells have that animal cells do not?
What is a cell wall?
What is a chloroplast?
Plants may reproduce asexually by growing out a smaller version of itself ABOVE GROUND, away from the main plant. This is called...
What is a stolon (runner)?
What process allows roots to absorb water?
What is osmosis?
A flytrap closes when a fly wiggles the tiny, hairlike triggers inside a flytrap's "mouth". This is an example of...
What is thigmotropism?
I'm bright and colorful so you'll notice me,
I'm visited by butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees!
I can reproduce with myself, as I am quite shy.
I can be quite fragrant; what am I?
What is a flower?
What pressure inside of cells causes plants to stand up straight?
What is turgor pressure?