Plant Structures
Male Flower Parts
Female Flower Parts
Photosynthesis
Plant Storage Organs
100
Grow into soil to soak up water and other nutrients.
What are roots?
100
The stem that supports the anther.
What is stamen?
100
The stem/tube that connects the stigma to the ovary.
What is style?
100
Green chemical that absorbs sunlight.
What is chlorophyll?
100
A leaf that has been specially modified to store food. An example is an onion.
What is a bulb?
200
Grow upwards and form the support of the branches and the leaves. Water, nutrients, and food flow up and down the plant through it.
What is stem (trunk)?
200
Male (sperm) cells of a plant.
What is pollen?
200
The top of the female flower structure where pollen grains must first land to fertilize the egg cells inside.
What is stigma?
200
Pores on the undersides of leaves that allow carbon dioxide gas in, and oxygen gas and water vapor out.
What are stomata?
200
A stem that has been adapated to store food. An example is a potato.
What is a tuber?
300
Site of photosynthesis where food is made from sunlight. The cells in this part of the plant have chloroplasts, which contain chlorophyll.
What are leaves?
300
The structure that produces and stores pollen in a flower.
What is anther?
300
The bottom part of the pistil that contains the ovules.
What is ovary?
300
3 things a plant needs for this.
What are water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight?
300
A main root that is used to store food. An example is a carrot.
What is a taproot?
400
Grow into new plants when they are planted in the soil, allowing the plant to reproduce.
What are seeds?
400
Colored leaves or "flesh" that is the colored part of a flower that surrounds the male and female parts.
What are petals?
400
The "egg" cells that, when fertilized by pollen cells, become seeds.
What is ovule?
400
2 things a plant produces (makes).
What are oxygen and sugars (food)?
400
State of "hibernation" where other parts of a plant may not survive harsh conditions, but still store enough energy to regrow when times get better.
What is dormant?
500
Site where plants store extra sugar to support and protect the seeds, either inside or on the skin.
What are fruits?
500
Method by which pollen is transferred from anther to stigma.
What are insects or wind?
500
Term for all of the female parts combined.
What is pistil?
500
Term for the process of water vapor leaving, or evaporating, out through the stomata.
What is transpiration?
500
Sugar (food) that all plants produce that is stored in leaves, roots, and fruits.
What is glucose?
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