Spermatophytes are described using a rather specialized vocabulary. Click and drag the correct terms to complete the sentences below to test your knowledge of some of these specialized terms.
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These structures are lightweight in order to travel long distances.
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can be delivered by wind or insect. |
Flowers
Eggs
Pollen
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These structures protect an embryo until conditions are favorable to grow a plant.
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After the nuclei of egg and sperm cells fuse, are created. |
seeds
cones
flowers
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Female gametes are housed in the ovary.
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Female gametes are called and are bigger than male gametes in order to nourish a developing embryo. |
pollen
eggs
seeds
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The process occurs when the male gamete is transported to the female part of the flower.
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Male gametes can be delivered by wind or insect in a process called . |
germination
pollination
fertilization
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This process takes place when a young plant emerges from a seed.
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When conditions are favorable,
occurs and a seed develops into a plant. |
germination
pollination
fertilization
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This process is the fusion of the sperm and egg nuclei.
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eggs nourish the developing embryo. |
Germinated
Pollinated
Fertilized
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This structure is the female reproductive part of the flower.
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Pollen grains land on the stigma, the upper part of the . |
pistil
anther
filament
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This structure is the male reproductive part of the flower.
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Pollen grains are developed and housed in the upper part of the . |
stamen
style
ovary
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This structure protects developing eggs.
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Pollen grain nuclei must reach the
in order fuse with egg nuclei. |
filament
anther
ovary
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