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Angiosperm Life Cycle
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2014

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Term
Sporophyte
Definition
The "plant"
Term

Gametophytes

 

Definition
_____ are produced in the flowers of angiosperms
Term
Pollen
Definition
Male gametophyte
Term
Embryonic sac
Definition
Female gametophyte
Term
Sepals
Definition

Most leaflike

Protects flower bud

Term
Petals
Definition
Attract pollinators
Term
Stamen
Definition
Produces pollen
Term
Pistil
Definition

Bears ovules

Ovules produce embryo sac

Term
Whorls
Definition
Circumference of stem where the same flower organs are attached
Term
Pollen tube
Definition

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A

Term
Anther
Definition

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B

Term
Petal
Definition

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C

Term
Sepal
Definition

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D

Term
Ovule
Definition

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E

Term
Megagametophyte
Definition

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G

Term
Filament
Definition

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H

Term
Pollination
Definition
Transfer of pollen from anther to stigma of pistil
Term

Wind

Water

 

Definition

Types of nontargeted pollination

Need to make a lot of pollen

Term
Animals
Definition

Type of targeted  pollination

Have to attract pollinator

Term
Outcrossing
Definition
Prevents self-polination
Term

Animal pollination

Unisexual flowels

Different timing of stamen and pistil maturity

Self-incompatibility

Definition
Mechanisms of outcrossing
Term
Monoecy
Definition
Male and female flower on one plant
Term
Dioecy
Definition
Male and female flowers on different plants
Term
Double fertilization
Definition

Two sperm in each pollen

One fuses with egg --> zygote (new sporophyte generation)

One fuses with central cell --> endosperm

 

 

Term
triplod
Definition

Endosperm is ____ (ploidy)

 

Term
Endosperm
Definition

Triploid

Nutritive tissue

Term
Embryogenesis
Definition

Zygote develops into embryo

Beginning of new sporophyte

Still nutritionally dependent on maternal tissues

Term
Ovule
Definition

Develops into seed

Contains embryo and endosperm

Seed coat

Term
Ovary
Definition

Fruit

Contains ovule

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