Process that transfers pollen from a flower's anther to the stigma.

Union of pollen and stigma.

A fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants.

Male sex cell of a plant.

Bonus: what is part I?

Once a seed germinates and the cotyledons push out of the ground and grow toward the light, it is called a _____________ , or seedling.

What is the process by which seeds sprout and begin to grow?

The development of a plant from a seed or spore after a period of dormancy.

The ovary of a flower matures into what?

Used by plants called angiosperms to make seeds (for reproduction).

The flower contains all the reproductive parts of plant:

• the male parts (stamen) that produce pollen,

• and female parts (pistil) that produce seeds.

Which is NOT a part of the seed?

Monocots (grasses, wheat, corn, rice, onion, tulip...) have only ONE of these, where as dicots (beans, peas, brocolli, fruit trees...) have TWO.

Why not mushrooms? Because mushrooms and other _______ are non-photosynthetic plant-like organisms, that also reproduce asexually with spores.

What is the function of flowers in sexual plant reproduction?

The lower phyla of plants inculding ________________, reproduce both sexually and asexually, with sexual reproduction involving sperm that fertilizes eggs, and asexual reproduction occurring through spores.

What is part J?