Processes
When a sperm cell from a pollen grain unites with an egg cell it's called what?
fertilization
What attracts bees to a flower?
petals
What are the pores on the underside of a leaf called?
stomata
What is a scientist who studies plants called?
botanist
A member of the pea family is called what?
legume
What is the chemical process by which plants produce food called?
photosynthesis
What are dust-like yellow grains called?
pollen
What is the large vein that runs up the middle of many leaves known as?
midrib
What is the main root that grows very deep called?
What makes and holds dust-like yellow grains?
stamen
What is the transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil?
pollination
What is the "storehouse" from which a lily grows?
bulb
What is the food plants need to live called?
glucose
What is a miniature undeveloped plant inside a seed called?
embryo
What holds the undeveloped seeds?
ovary
What is a plants response to gravity?
geotropism
What is formed from the ovary of a flower?
This contains stored food for the growing plant in a seed
cotyledon
The flat tip of the pistil is called?
stigma
What is the long tube in the middle of the flower called?
What is a plant's response to touch called?
thigmotropism
sepal
What is the waxy substance on the upper surface of a leaf called?
cuticle
What is an insectivorous plant that traps its food using sticky drops?
sundew
What is another name for undeveloped seeds?
ovules