Al Things to do with Plants
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
s
i
The apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
2.
s
e
The male reproductive organ of a flower
3.
p
e
Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored (plural)
4.
s
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated
5.
r
The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes (plural)
7.
p
i
n
Transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant
8.
f
t
a
n
Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes
10.
p
o
The fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
11.
o
One of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
12.
o
A small body that contains the female germ cell of a plant
13.
f
Sweet food that grows on plants
15.
a
n
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
16.
l
v
Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn
17.
s
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
18.
i
n
Small air-breathing arthropod (plural)
19.
d
s
a
The act of ___ or diffusing something