Plant Life Cycles
Plants that complete their life cycle in one year or season are ______.
Annuals complete their life cycle in one season or year. Annual means 1 year.
If a monocot has one cotyledon, how many cotyledons does a dicot have?
A dicot will have 2 cotyledons (di=2).
Which part of the flower protects unopened flowers and acts as security?
The sepal of the flower
Are all gymnosperms trees?
No, not all gymnosperms are trees. Gymnosperms are any plants that do not have fruit protecting the seeds.
What is the male reproductive part of angiosperms called when the flower is complete?
The male part is called the stamen in a complete flower.
Plants that complete their life cycles in 2 growing seasons are ______.
Plants that complete their life cycles in 2 growing seasons are biannials.
Flowering plants that have flower parts that are in multiples of 3 are _____. Flowering plants which have flowering parts that are in multiples of 4 or 5 are _____.
3; 4 or 5
Pollen is produced in the Anther.
In Greek, Gymnosperm means "__________."
In Greek, Gymnosperm means "naked seed."
What does Angiosperm mean in Greek?
In Greek, it means "Covered seed" or "enclosed seed."
Give an example of one Perennial, one Biannual, and one annual plant.
Perennial: trees, coneflowers, and lavender.
Biannual: Carrot, parsley, onion, cabbage, hollyhock, and black-eyed susan.
Annual: Squash, marigold, melons, pansies, petunias, beans.
Flowering plants with leaves that have parallel veins are ________.
Monocots are flowering plants that have parallel veins.
What is the male reproductive part called?
The male reproductive part is called the Stamen.
Do gymnosperms have seeds protected by fruit or not protected by fruit?
Gymnosperms produce seeds that are not protected by fruits.
Give 2 examples of angiosperms.
Examples: Apples, peaches, pecans, soybeans.
Plants that have life cycles of more than 2 seasons are ______.
An embryonic leaf that becomes the seed leaf is a _____.
Cotyledon
What is the name for the entire female reproductive part of the flower?
The female part is called the pistil.
What are the reproductive structures of gymnosperms typically?
The reproductive structures are usually cones.
True or false: Some angiosperms actually produce seeds that are not protected by fruits.
False, all angiosperms have seeds, which are protected by fruits.
Plants that have soft stems and are killed by frost are ______.
These plants are herbaceous.
A flowering plant that has vascular bundles arranged in a circle is a ______.
Flowering plants with vascular bundles arranged in circles are Dicots.
The tube through which the pollen travels down to go to the ovary.
The pollen travels down the style and into the ovary.
Give 2 examples of Gymnosperms.
Examples: Pines, spruces, redwoods, and ginkgos.
What are the reproductive structures of angiosperms?
The reproductive structures of angiosperms are the flowers.