Plants

Question 1

Sexual reproduction

Answer 1

Reproduction that needs two individuals to produce a new organism of the same type

Question 2

Tuber

Answer 2

The swollen part of an underground stem used as a storage organ and as a method of asexual reproduction in some plants

Question 3

Variation

Answer 3

The difference between things

Question 4

Zygote

Answer 4

Another term for fertilised egg cell

Question 5

Anther

Answer 5

A male reproductive organ in plants that produces pollen grains

Question 6

Carpel

Answer 6

The set of female reproductive organs in plants

Question 7

Cross-pollination

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When pollen is transferred from one plant to another of the same species

Question 8

Filament

Answer 8

A male reproductive organ in plants that supports the anther

Question 9

Pollen grain

Answer 9

The container for the male gamete in plants

Question 10

Pollen tube

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A tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the stigma and style and into the ovary

Question 11

Pollination

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The transfer of pollen from another stigma

Question 12

Self-pollination

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When pollen is transferred from a flower on a plant to a stigma in the same flower or to another flower on the same plant

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Sepal

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A leaf-like structure that protects a flower bud

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Stamen

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The set of male reproductive organs in plants

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Cell division

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The splitting of a cell to form two identical cells

Question 16

Competition

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There is competition between organisms that need the same things as each other

Question 17

Embryo

Answer 17

The tiny new life that grows by cell division from a fertilised egg cell

Question 18

Fertilisation

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Fusing of a male gamete with a female gamete

Question 19

Fertilised egg cell

Answer 19

What is produced when two gametes fuse

Question 20

Fruit

Answer 20

Something used to carry the seeds of flowering plants

Question 21

Gamete

Answer 21

A cell used for sexual reproduction

Question 22

Germinate

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When a seed starts to grow

Question 23

Biodiversity

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The range of different species of organisms in an area

Question 24

Characteristic

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A feature of an organism

Question 25

Classify

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To sort things into groups

Question 26

Extinct

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An organism that no longer exists

Question 27

Genus

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A group of similar organisms

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Plant kingdom

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A group of organisms that have cells with cell walls made of cellulose and that are a lot to photosynthesise

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Species

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A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other to produce offspring that will also be able to reproduce

Question 30

Accuracy

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A measure to how close a value is to another value

Question 31

Accurate

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A measurement that is close to the true value

Question 32

Estimate

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An approximate answer

Question 33

Population

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The number of of a certain organism in a certain area

Question 34

Quadrat

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A square frame, thrown randomly on the ground, which is used to sample plants in an area

Question 35

Random

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When there is an equal chance for one event occurring as there is for any other events in the same set

Question 36

Random error

Answer 36

An error that can be different for every reading

Question 37

Sample

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To take a small parti of something to investigate

Question 38

Asexual reproduction

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Producing new organisms with one parent only

Question 39

Fertile

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Able to produce offspring

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Gamete

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A cell used for sexual reproduction

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Hybrid

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An organism produced when members of two different species reproduce with each other

Question 42

Inherited

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A feature that an organism gets from a parent

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Inherited variation

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Differences between organisms passed on to offspring by their parents in reproduction

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Runner

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A stem that grows from certain plants, from when new plants grow using asexual reproduction

Question 45

Pollen tube

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A tube that grows from a pollen grain down through the stigma and style and into the ovary

Question 46

Seed

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A small part of a plant formed by sexual reproduction that can grow into a new plant

Question 47

Seed coat

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The tough outer covering of a seed

Question 48

Seed dispersal

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The spreading of the seeds away from a parent plant

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Byproduct

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A substance produced by a chemical reaction that is not the desired product of the reaction

Question 50

Chloroplast

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A green disc containing chlorophyll

Question 51

Dormant

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If something is dormant its life processes are very slow

Question 52

Enzyme

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A substance that can speed up some processes in living things

Question 53

Interdependent

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Organisms that depend on one another

Question 54

Life cycle

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The series of changes in an organism as it grows, matures and reproduces

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Photosynthesis

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A process that plants use to make their own food

Question 56

Respiration

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A process in which energy is released from substances so it can be used by an organism

Question 57

Starch

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A type of insoluble carbohydrate found in plants