Reproduction
Reproduction is...
producing other individuals with characteristics of their parents.
The flower is the ........... part of a plant
Reproductive part
What is spore reproduction?
Special cells that fall to the ground and produce plants when the conditions are right.
What is pollination ?
It's the transferring of pollen grains from the stamens of one flower to the pistil of a different flower.
Why do fruits help disperse seeds far away?
To avoid competition between plants for nutrition and light.
What are the two types of reproduction?
Sexual and asexual reproduction
........... attract insects and birds for pollination
Petals( corollas )
What is vegetative reproduction?
It involves different types of stems that allow plants to survive in harsh weather.
What is fertilisation?
The pollen tube allows male gametes to reach the ovule resulting in fusion. A cell originates and divides to form an embryo.
How do animals aid in fruit dispersal?
They eat the fruits and then carry the seeds in their intestines. They then expell these seeds in their excrement.
A new plant that is formed from a seed is called ............ reproduction
sexual
Name the male reproductive part of a flower
Stamen
What are bulbs?
What is seed formation?
The embryo is surrounded by tissue which protects and nourishes the plant.
How do some fruits adapt to help this process?
They have structures that stick to bodies of animals, which then transport them to other places.
Asexual reproduction is producing a new plant by
spore or vegetative reproduction
Name the two parts of the stamen.
The anther and the filament
What are stolons/runners?
They form roots from which new plants grow.
What is fruit formation?
What is another adaption of plants to aid this process?
They have wings or hairs which makes it easier for them to be transported by the wind.
Seeds are formed from a flower by the 5 processes of ............... This is known as sexual reproduction.
Pollination,fertilisation,seed formation, fruit formation and germination.
The pistil is the female reproductive part of a flower and it consists of ........ , ......... , ........ and .........
Stigma , style, ovary and ovule
What is the difference between a rhizome and a tuber?
A rhizome is an underground stem that has new shoots after bad weather ( ginger ) and a tuber is a thick underground stem that stores food( potatoes )
What is germination?
The mature fruit helps disperse the seeds.
What's the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction in plants?
Sexual repr. is the fusion of male and female gametes, and asexual repr. is offspring that is genetically identical to the parent plants.