| A | B |
|---|
| seed | product of fertilized plant ovule |
| feeding cue | odor or taste that triggers feeding |
| pistil | female part of flower |
| centimeter | unit of measurement for a leaf or bird-sized object |
| pollen tube | grows from stigma to ovary for pollen transfer |
| roots | anchor plant, bring in water |
| photosynthesis | uses sun and CO2 to make glucose and oxygen |
| dicot | two seed leaves that emerge from the ground |
| monocot | one seed leaf that never comes above ground |
| dormant | alive, but looks dead |
| germination | sprouting |
| cotyledon | seed leaf-plant embryo |
| pollination | pollen reaches the stigma |
| perfect flower | having male and female structures |
| eggs | female sex cells (ovules) |
| fertilization | process combining pollen nucleus with egg |
| mitosis | cell growth and regeneration |
| meiosis | creates sex cells-1/2 chromosomes |
| flower | plant reproductive organ |
| asexual | without sex |
| Wisconsin Fast Plant | Brassica rapa (should be italicized) |
| filament | holds anther |
| style | connects stigma and ovary |
| Cabbage White Butterfly | Pieris rapae (should be italicized) |
| control | the normal item with no changes in an experiment |
| independent variable | what you are testing in an experiment |
| dicot | has branching veins in leaf and branching roots |
| monocot | has parallel veins in leaf and one taproot |
| sexually | way Fast Plants reproduce |
| pollination | pollen reaches the stigma |
| fertilization | pollen reaches the ovary and combines with the ovule (egg) |
| seed | product of fertilization |
| anther | holds pollen |
| ovary | holds ovules (eggs) |
| cross-pollination | from anther of one plant to stima of a different plant of that species |
| self-pollination | from anther to stigma of same plant |
| milliliter | unit to measure a water drop |
| meter | unit to measure table width |
| kilometer | unit to measure driving distance |
| metamorphosis | transition from egg to larva to pupa to adult |
| instars | larva stages between molts |
| sepal | leaf structure under the petals |
| narrow food preference | limits where an organism can live |
| proboscis | mouthpart of a butterfly used to drink nectar |
| frass | larva excrement |
| dependent variable | conditions of an experiement that must be alike for all specimens |
| chrysalis | where the pupa changes in the 3rd stage |
| stamen | male part of flower |
| asexual reproduction advantages | convenient, no change in high quality flower or fruit |
| asexual reproduction disadvantage | can't improve poor quality flower or fruit |
