Gymnosperms

Plants with seeds in cones are called?

• gymnosperms
• angiosperms
• flowers
• mosses

What are the thin narrow leaves of a conifer called?

• broad leaves
• conicals
• needles
• lobed leaves

What is the largest group of gymnosperms?

• conifers

• spruce

• cedars

• deciduous

A __________ is a conifer with needle-like leaves.

• oak

• maple

• spruce

• juniper

Where do the seeds of a gymnosperm come from?

• fruit

• flowers

• spores

• cones

What do male cones produce?

• spores
• pollen
• eggs
• seeds

Female cones produce________.

• spores

• cones

• pollen

• eggs

The joining of sperm and eggs in the female cone is called?

• pollination

• germination

• fertilization

• dispersal

What might seeds need most to grow into seedlings?

• Sunlight and rocks

• Water and shade

• Shade and flat land

• Sunlight and water

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How is pollen able to move from a male cone to a female cone?

• blows loose in the wind
• through tiny little water droplets

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