Flowering Plants

• Another word for flowering plants are?

  angiosperms
• Dicotyledons have a broad leaf , branching veins , tap root , two cotyledons , and floral parts arranged in 4 or 5 or their multiples
• Monocotyledons have a narrow leaf , parallel veins , fibrous root , one cotyledon , and floral parts arranged in 3 or their multiples
• What are Tap roots?

  main root grows into the soil and secondary roots branch from it
• What are fibrous roots?

  Narrow hair - like roots with no main root
• What are 3 characteristics of flowering plants?

  They have proper roots , stems and leaves

  They reproduce by seed-bearing flowers

  They range in size
• What is the function of the flower?

  to allow the plant to reproduce by sexual reproduction
• What is the pistil?

  The female reproductive part of the flower
• What does the pistil consist of?

  the stigma , style , and ovary
• Label the parts of the flower:

  A) Petal

  B) pistil

  C) style

  D) stigma

  E) ovary

  F) ovules

  G) pedicel

  H) receptacle

  I) sepal

  J) Filament

  K) Anther

  L) Stamen

  
• what is the stamen?

  the male reproductive part of the flower
• What does the stamen consist of?

  Anther and filament
• What are the sepals?

  The outermost part of a flower that protects the developing bud
• What are the petals?

  The colorful, leaf-like structures of a flower that attract pollinators
• What is the anther or sac?

  The anther is the part of the flower that produces and holds the pollen
• What is the filament?

  a stalk-like structure that attaches the anther to the rest of the flower
• What is the stigma?

  at the top of the pistil and is often sticky due to nectar