Spores and Pollination
What vascular plants produce spores?
ferns
The ___________ is located at the top of the stem
receptacle
Xylem transports ____________ in a plant
what is germination?
the process of a seed growing into a new plant
What is a spore?
A reproductive cell requiring only one parent
Pollen is produced in the
Anther
Phloem transports ____________ in a plant
food/dissolved nutrients
The radicle develops into
Roots
How does pollen get from the anther to the ovules?
Sticks to a pollinator, gets stuck to the stigma, travels down the style to the ovary
The stamen is made of which two parts?
The anther and the filament
The purpose of _________ is to protect seeds
fruit
The Epicotyl develops into
the first true leaves
Name an example of a pollinator
wind, bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, moths
The ovary is part of what structure, and stores what cells?
the pistil, and stores ovules
What are interior rings of xylem in a tree called?
Annual Rings
plants with two cotyledons are called
dicotyledons or dicots
Describe a difference between spores and seeds
Spores only require one parent cell, while seeds develops from the combined genes of two parent cells
Spores develop in sori, while seeds develop in fruit
In the pisitl, the ________ connects the sticky _______ to the ovule storing __________
style, stigma, ovary
How can annual rings give us clues about historical climate patterns?
The width of the ring indicates the amount of rain fall, giving us insight about droughts and wet seasons
Plants with one cotyledon are called
monocotyledons or moncots