Plant Processes
These are the four ways that seeds and spores are dispersed.
By gravity, water, wind, and animals
This reproductive structure is so small that it can ONLY be seen with a microscope or hand lens.
Spore
The waxy material which makes a waterproof coating over a leaf.
Cuticle
These are the most primitive of plants and have no true roots, leaves or stem.
The emergence of a tiny plant from a seed
Germination
A potato is an example of this form of vegetative propagation.
Tuber
The part of the flower which produces pollen.
Anther
This plant produces seeds that are stored in cones until dispersal.
Conifers
The fusion of pollen and ovules to form seeds.
Fertilization
This structure is produced as a result of fertilization in a flowering plant when the ovary walls thicken to protect the seeds
Fruit
The male and female parts of a flower.
Stamen and Pistil
These plants have true roots, leaves and stems but reproduce using spores and are adapted to little sunlight.
Seedless Vascular plants; example: Ferns
The transfer of the male reproductive cell from the Anther to the Stigma
Pollination
This is considered to be a form of artificial asexual reproduction.
Cuttings
Tube inside of a stem which transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
Xylem
This type of flowering plant can theoretically live forever.
Perennial plant
In this process pollen from the anther of one plant is transported to the stigma of another plant.
Cross-pollination
Photosynthesis takes place in this structure in a leaf.
Palisades Mesophyll
Tube inside of a stem which transports nutrients made in the leaves to other parts of the plant.
Phloem
This type of flowering plant completes its life cycle in two growing seasons.
Biennial plant