Who's that scientist?
This influential person is likely the first Indian woman to earn a Ph.D in Botany in the USA.
Who is Dr. Janaki Ammal?
A crime scene investigator finds a rare moss on a suspect's shoes. They need to call one of these to figure out exactly which forest the suspect was walking in.
What is a botanist?
Bees and hummingbirds are examples of animals that play this key role for flowering plants.
What are pollinators?
This part of the flower produces the ovule (egg)
What is the pistil?
(300 Points) This sticky landing pad sits at the very top of the pistol and catches pollen grains moving through the air.
What is the stigma?
Janaki Ammal moved to this place to research garden plants at the Royal Horticultural Society
What is England?
What is regeneration?
This part of a flower is usually brightly colored to attract pollinators.
What are petals?
This is a stalk that connects the stigma to the ovary.
What is the style?
What are the anthers?
During this time period, Dr. Janaki Ammal used her scientific status to help save the rainforests of Silent Valley Kerala from being flooded by a dam.
What is the 1970s?
The arctic fox has thick fur to stay warm, but its seasonal color change from brown in summer to white in winter is an example of this survival strategy.
What is an adaptation?
This part of the flower produces the pollen, and is the male part of the flower.
What is the stamen?
This is where pollen germinates in the female part of a plant.
What is the stigma?
(600) These colorful leaf like parts do not make pollen or seeds, but they are crucial for the reproduction because they act like bright billboards.
What are petals?
Dr. Janaki Ammal did this to different plant types in her laboratory, successfully creating a brand-new variety of sugarcane that grew in India's climate.
What is cross-breeding?
In the 1800s, Gregor Mendel carefully brushed pollen from a purple-flowered pea plant onto a white-flowered pea plant, doing this to see what the offspring would look like.
What is cross-breeding?
This is the stalk that provides support for the anther.
What is the filament?
This is where a pollinated ovule becomes a seed.
What is the ovary?
Located safely at the very bottom of the pistil, this swollen chamber holds the ovules and will later swell up to become delicious fruit.
What is the ovary?
When a living organism regrows or replaces damaged parts or leaves from existing tissue.
What is regeneration?
If a scientist looks through a powerful microscope specifically to count, inspect and look for mistakes in the chromosomes of a plant cell, they are practicing this specialized branch of biology.
What is cytogenetics?
This fluffy structure in the stamen makes the pollen.
What is the anther?
In order to cross-breed plants, when selecting two plants, you must pick flowers from this.
What is the same family?
(1000) An incomplete flower might have petals, and stamens, but it cannot make its own seeds because it is completely missing this entire female reproductive structure.
What is the pistil?