Ch. 24: Reproduction in Flowering Plants

24.1

  • stamen: male part of a flower
  • anthers: structures where pollen grains
  • carpels: produces and shelters the female gametophyte & seeds
  • stigma: sticky or feathery portion at the top of the style
  • pistil: single carpel or multiple carpels fused together
  • embryo sac: eight nuclei and their surrounding membrane
  • double fertilization: two distinct fertilizations that occur inside the embryonic sac

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  • sexual reproduction   * 2 fertilizations     * first fertilization: makes embryo     * second fertilization: makes food

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