Flower, Fruit, and Seed
We enjoy flowers for...
What is their beauty and fragrance?
This holds one or more developed seeds...
What is the ovary?
Dustlike yellow grains are called...
What is pollen?
These help to attract bees to the flower.
What are petals?
A plant's response to light is called...
What is PHOTOTROPISM?
True or False:
More than half of all kinds of plants in the world would not be able to reproduce if seeds weren't formed in the flowers.
What is TRUE?
The long tube in the middle of the flower...
What is the pistil?
The transfer of pollen from a stamen to the pistil is called what?
What is pollination?
These are located beneath the petals.
What are sepals?
A plant's response to touch is called...
What is THIGMOtropism?
Anything that forms from the ovary of a flower is called...
What is a FRUIT?
Which part of the flower is usually positioned in a ring around the pistil...
What are the stamens?
The flat tip pf the pistil is called what?
What is the stigma?
Colorful leaves that attract insects to the flower are called...
What are bracts?
A plant's response to water is called...
What is HYDROtropism?
What is the Dogwood?
Name the two cells that are required for the fertilization process to occur.
What are the sperm and egg cells?
Bees, flies, wasps, and butterflies most commonly pollinate, but what other creatures also contribute as a pollinator?
What are birds and bats?
Name the flower that has bracts and no petals and is seen at Christmastime.
What is the poinsettia?
A plant's response to gravity is called...
What is GEOtropism?
What is the sweet liquid stored in the bottom of a bloom?
What is NECTAR?
When the outer casing on the pollen grain cracks open a special begins to lengthen. What does this cell form?
What is the pollen tube?
Name the 4 steps in the fertilization process...
1. pollen grains are produced by the stamen
2. pollen lands on the stigma
3. the pollen tube grows
4. the pollen tube reaches the ovule
What encloses and protects the developing flower?
What is the bud?
Define TROPISM...
What is the growth of a plant in response to a condition in its environment?