Types of Reproduction
Reproduction with one parent that produces identical offspring.
What is asexual reproduction?
The male reproductive part of a flower.
What is the stamen?
The movement of seeds away from the parent plant.
What is seed dispersal?
Behaviors animals are born knowing how to do.
What is instinctive behavior?
Plant response to changes in daylight length.
What is photoperiodism?
Reproduction involving two parents and genetic variation.
What is sexual reproduction?
The female reproductive structure of a flower.
What is the pistil (carpel)?
Plants that produce seeds inside fruits.
What are angiosperms?
Animals traveling long distances to reproduce.
What is migratory behavior?
The plant hormone that helps plants bend toward light.
What is auxin?
The process when sperm joins with egg.
What is fertilization?
The part of the flower that produces pollen.
What is the anther?
Plants like pine trees that produce seeds in cones.
What are gymnosperms?
Time and energy spent caring for offspring.
What is parental investment?
When auxin collects on the shaded side of a plant stem, those cells grow ________.
What is longer?
The single cell formed when sperm and egg combine.
What is a zygote?
The part of the flower that receives pollen.
What is the stigma?
A structure in plants that becomes a seed after fertilization.
What is an ovule?
When animals help care for offspring that are not their own.
What is cooperative behavior?
The process where animals change body form as they develop.
What is metamorphosis?
One advantage of sexual reproduction is increased __________.
What is genetic variation?
The structure that contains ovules.
What is the ovary?
Seed dispersal helps plants survive by reducing __________ between plants.
What is competition?
The sound elk make to attract mates is an example of a __________.
What is a mating call?
Plants bend toward light because cells on the shaded side grow __________.
What is longer or faster?