Botany overview
The study of plants
What is botany
The biggest part of the seed which provides food for the developing embryo
What are cotyledons
Category of plants that make flowers
What are angiosperms
The main purpose of a fruit
What is to be a container for the seed
This part of the plant makes food for the plant
What are leaves
A biologist that studies plants
What is a botanist
An embryo, plus everything it needs to germinate, is contained within this.
What is a seed
What is a seed container
An edible part of a plant that is not a fruit
What is a vegetable
Little mouths on the underside of leaves
What are stomata
A category of living things that can make their own food
What are producers
warmth, water, and air are needed to perform this process
What is germination
A leaf-like structure that once protected the bud of the flower
What is a sepal
A method of seed dispersal that happens what a plant has a mechanism that shoots the sees out of it
What is mechanical seed dispersal
The process plants use to make food
What is photosynthesis
The language used by scientists to name living things
What is Latin
The shell or coat of a seed
What is a testa
All the petals put together make up this part of the flower's anatomy
What is the corolla
Name at least 2 ways an animal can contribute to seed dispersal
What are carry sticky burs on its coat to a new location or an animal eats a seed then seeds are dispersed through the animal's droppings or animals bury the seed in the ground as storage for later use.
The 4 elements needed in order for a plant to do photosynthesis
What are water, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and chlorophyll
A living thing that must eat another living thing in order to survive
What is a consumer
A seed's "belly button"
What is a hilum
The stamen (anther and filament) make up this part of the flower's anatomy
What is the male part of a flower
Name at least one example of water dispersal
What is a coconut that is carried by the ocean far away and germinates when washed ashore or a water lily whose seeds are dropped into the water and float down to the bottom of a pond
The process in which stomata release excess water into the air
What is transpiration