This is the colorful, scented part of the flower. It's purpose is to attract pollinators.
What is petals?
100
This is what happens when pollen unites with an ovule to form a seed.
What is pollination?
100
This is what the ripened and swollen ovary of a plant is called.
What is fruit?
100
This type of fruit forms one "piece" of fruit from multiple flowers.
What is multiple fruit?
100
This kind of plant comes back every year. It includes trees and shrubs.
What is perennials?
200
This part of the flower protects the flower as it develops until it blooms.
What is the sepals?
200
This type of pollination occurs when the pollen of a flower is used by that same plant to make a seed.
What is self pollination?
200
These fruits form from one flower that has one pistil and one ovary.
What are simple fruits?
200
This type of succulent fruit has a single hard seed in its center. An olive is an example.
What are drupes?
200
This type of fruit lives for one growing season, then produces seeds and dies. An example is petunias.
What is annuals?
300
This is the male part of a flower
What is stamen?
300
This type of pollination occurs when pollen from a different plant is used to pollinate a flower.
What is cross pollination?
300
This type of simple fruit has a thick fleshy outer layer.
What is succulent fruit?
300
This type of succulent fruit has many seeds in its center. An example is an orange.
What are berries?
300
This type of plant lives for two growing seasons, but is typically harvested and eaten after one season BEFORE flowers or seeds form.
What is biennials?
400
This is the female part of the flower.
What is a pistil?
400
Animals called this are attracted to flowers by the scent, colors, and nectar.
What are pollinators?
400
This type of simple fruit has a dry cover.
What is dry fruit?
400
This type of dry fruit has a hard shell around the seed. Examples include pecans, but NOT peanuts.
What are nuts?
400
This type of plants lives for a very short time, typically 6 weeks or less.
What is Ephemerals?
500
These are the unfertilized eggs or seeds of a flower.
What are ovules?
500
Some of these can only be seen by pollinators, and are used to attract the pollinator to the nectar.
What are nectar (or pollen) guides?
500
This type of fruit forms from a flower with multiple pistils.
What is aggregate fruit?
500
This type of succulent fruit has a papery core around the seeds. An example includes an apple
What is a pome?
500
This type of plant typically lives in a desert or on the ground in a thick forest, where it gets only a short time of good growth before it produces seeds and dies.