Unit 12: Plant Kingdom

Unit 12: PlantKingdom

Name: ______

Study Guide

Patel/ Sandt/ Walz

Gymnosperms

Cones

Pollen

Egg

Sperm

Male

Female

Naked

1. Gymnosperms are ______bearing plants.
2. Pine trees, redwood, and spruce trees are examples of gymnosperms. These trees have ______leaves and ______roots.
3. The small cones at the top of the tree are______cones .
4. The larger cones that grow lower on the tree are ______cones.
5. Male cones produce the ______(this makes you sneeze).
6. Female cones produce ______cells.

How is the pollen carried from the male cone to the female cone?

What is the reproductive structure of the gymnosperms?

Matching:

Ovule______A. Structure a plant embryo and stored food.

Pollen______B. Tiny structure in which sperm develops.

Pollination______C. Structure in which an egg develops.

Fertilization______D. When sperm fuse with an egg.

Seed______E. Structure in which an egg develops.

LABEL AND DEFINE THE FOLLOWING SEED

A) Cotyledon

B) Seed Coat

C) Embryo

*What is the difference between a seed and a spore?

Angiosperm/Fertilization

Stamen

Pistol

Protect

Filament

Pollen

Pollination

Ovule

Ovary

Anther

1. Fertilization occurs when ______lands on a sticky pistil top.
2. This process is called ______.
3. The ______become the seed and the enlarged ______becomes the fruit.
4. Pollen is made by the ______.
5. The male reproductive organ of the plant is the ______.
6. The female reproductive organ of the plant is the ______.
7. The sepals support and ______the plant.
8. The threadlike part of the stamen is called the ______.

What is the difference between self pollination and cross pollination?

Label the Following Parts of the Flower

Fertilization:

1. Pollen lands on sticky pistil top (pollination).

1. One sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg. The other joins the food nucleus to make a food supply.

1. Ovule becomes a seed.

1. Enlarged Ovary becomes the fruit.

1. Seed = embryo + food supply

Label the following as either a trait of a:

Gymnosperm (G) or Angiosperm (A)