Flower Parts
This part of the flower catches pollen.
What is the stigma?
Plants produced through sexual propagation are ___________ _________ than their parents.
What is genetically different?
The part of the flower responsible for producing pollen.
What is the anther?
The process by which a seed begins to grow and develop.
What is germination?
The scientific process of altering plant DNA to improve traits.
What is genetic engineering?
The ovules of a flower becomes this after fertilization.
What is the seed?
The process of splitting plants into multiple new plants.
What is seperation/division?
The term for when pollen fertilizes the same flower it came from.
What is self-pollination?
The seed structure protects the inside of the seed.
What is the seed coat?
One potential concern about genetic engineering.
What is lack of biodiversity?
What is pests becoming resistant?
This structure supports the anther.
What is the filament?
This type of propagation requires pollen and fertilization.
What is sexual propagation?
This type of pollination happens when pollen is transferred between two different plants.
What is cross-pollination?
The new plant develop that develops as a result of fertilization?
What is the embryo?
A genetically modified crop example.
What is Corn, Thompson Seedless Grape, Flav'r Sav'r Tomato, etc.?
The main female reproductive structure in a flower.
What is the pistil?
A cutting from one plant is attached to another plant in this method.
What is grafting?
A benefit of cross-pollination.
What is increased genetic diversity?
Which part of the seed stores food for the embryo?
What is the endosperm?
Scientists hope that genetic engineering will reduce the expense of _________, and their entry into the ___________.
What is chemicals and environment?
Name three parts of a flower that are involved in reproduction.
What are stigma, anther, and ovary?
One of the main benefit of asexual propagation.
What is producing genetically identical plants/clones?
This process combines pollen and ovule to create seeds.
What is fertilization?
The four main environmental factors needed for seed germination.
What are oxygen, sun, temperature, and water?
What are some traits that may be focused on with Genetic Engineering?
What is:
- Disease/Pest Resistance
- Herbicide Resistance
- Extending Shelf Life
- Altering Color
- Imparting cold-temp resistance
- Etc.