Plants Flashcards
Relationship between flowers, fruits, and seeds
Flowers contain fruits
Fruits contain seeds
What is the main goal of fruits?
To disperse the seeds it contains
What is the function of sepals?
Protect the flower while developing and to keep it from drying out
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What is the function of petals?
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What is the function of stamens?
Male reproductive organ
Produces pollen
What is the function of carpel?
Female reproductive organ
Where pollination occurs
Contains egg
What does the flower color tell us about the pollinator?
What animal pollinates it
A plant that has no petals or sepals is pollinated by what?
Wind
Yellow/orange/pink flowers are pollinated by…
Bee
Butterfly
Red flowers are pollinated by…
Hummingbird
White flowers are pollinated by…
Moth
Butterfly
Beetle
Bee
Example of a fruit dispersed by wind
Common milkweed
Example of a fruit dispersed by animals
Any type of berry or food
