Plant Biology

A thin, rootlike structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients

• Rhizoid

• Petal

• Stamen

• Sporophyte

A colorful, leaflike structure of some flowers.

• Petal

• Fuit

• Stigma

• Rhizoids

A mature ovary of a flower that protects dormant seeds and aids in their dispersal.

• Fruit

• Gametes

• Sporophyte

• Spores

The head of the pistil that receives pollen.

• Stigma

• Stamen

• Rhizoids

• Zygote

Male reproductive part of the flower.

• Stamen

• Pistil

• Fruit

• Stigma

Diploid, or spore-producing phase of a plant.

• Sporophyte

• Gametes

• Zygote

• Stigma

A mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.

• Gamete

• Sporophyte

• Zygote

• Embryo

A diploid cell resulting from the fusion of two haploid gametes; a fertilized ovum.

• Zygote

• Gamete

• Embryo

• Succulence

The developing stage of a multicellular organism.

• Embryo

• Spore

• Zygote

• Gamete

Produced by meiosis. Grow into haploid organisms by mitosis.

• Spores

• Sporophyte

• Gametes

• Zygote