Parts of a Flower
The leaf like structures that support the petals.
What are the Sepals?
They are square.
How do the stems of plants in the mint family differ from other plants?
The embryo, the endosperm, the seed coat.
What are the three typical parts of a seed.
Moisture, Favorable Temps., Oxygen
What are the three things required for a seed to germinate.
According to the structure of their flowers and fruits.
How do botanist classify plants into families.
The two types of the flower are ray and disk flowers.
What type of flowers make up a composite flower?
The term is Umble.
What is the term for an arrangement of flowers having stems of nearly equal length emerging from a common point on the main stem?
Acquired from the endosperm
Where does a germinating dicot seed obtain food for its growth.
Photosynthesis
What is the term for the food making process of a plant.
Angiosperms produce flowers that have the seeds within them. Gymnosperms are non flowering plants with covered seeds.
How do angiosperms and gymnosperms differ.
The stigma, style, and ovary.
What are the parts of the pistil?
The Legumes family.
Which family of plants is involved in the nitrogen cycle?
The radicle
What is the term for the root of an embryo.
What is the name for a plant that no longer depends on the cotyledons for nourishment.
When the mature fruit burst opens and scatters the seeds some distance from itself.
What is mechanical dispersal.
The Stamen, made up of the anther and the filament.
What is the pollen producing part of the flower?
Milkweed split on one side, while the Pea family split on both.
How do the pods of the pea family differ from those of the milkweed family?
The seed
What is the structure that contains the embryo of a plant.
The fraction of the year that favors plant growth.
What is the amount of time that is needed for an annual to produce seeds.
When the seeds are carried away by means of animals, wind, etc.
What is agent dispersal
The parts of the flower that are responsible for fertilization.
What are the Pollen Tube and the Sperm Nuclei?
Cup-shaped, Five petals, Woody, Fleshy, V.S. Cup-shaped, Five petals, Herbaceous, Dry.
Compare and contrast the blossoms, petals, stems, and fruits of the Rose family and the Buttercup/ Crowfoot family.
Anything that forms from the ovary of a flower.
What is a fruit
Biennials live for 2 years.
Perennials live for many years and flower each year.
How do biennials differ from perennials.
A carbohydrate found in the cell wall of plants cells.
What is cellulose