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VIDEO QUIZ
Directions: At the end of the video production is a short quiz. You may write the answers to the quiz on this sheet.
True or False section:
1. True or False
Pollen grains transport genetic material from flower to flower.
2. True or False
Cotyledons contain a bean's food supply.
3. True or False
Pollen is produced at the tips of a flower's pistils.
4. True or False
For a seed to be produced, pollen grains must travel from an
ovary to an anther.
Fill-in-the-blank section:
5. Ovules develop within a plant's _____________.
6. Anthers produce special cellls called ______________.
7. A plant's ovules produce its ________________.
8. The partially developed plant within a seed is called an _________________.
9. The ovaries of flowering plants develop into ___________________.
10. The structure considered the female part of a flower is called its _ ____________.
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CROSSWORD
DIRECTIONS: Use the clues at the bottom of the page to help you fill in the
blanks of the crossword.
Across
1. part within seed containing food for
the embryo
2. produce and store pollen
3. male part of plant
4. partially developed plant (baby
plant)
5. the joining of a sperm and egg
6. female part of plant
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Down
1. produce and contain plant's
eggs
2. organ where ovules are produced
3. a fertilized ovule
4. sugar solution that attracts insects
5. protective structure for seed
6. grains that produce sperm cells
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FLOWER DISSECTION
Purpose:
To dissect a flower and locate the different flower parts.
Materials:
1. a flower
2. scissors
3. cardboard
4. hand lens or magnifying glass
5. newspaper
6. tape
Procedures: 1. Put the flower on the newspaper and sketch what you see.
2. Try to identify the parts of the flower (pistil, stamen, anther, pollen).
3. Carefully cut each part from the flower for closer inspection with the
hand lens.
4. Cut open the anther to look at the pollen grains.
5. Cut open the pistil to find the ovary.
6. Tape the different flower parts in the boxes on this sheet.
Observations:
My picture of my flower
Pistil
Stamen
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Anther
Pollen
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FLOWER STRUCTURE
DIRECTIONS: Identify the parts of a typical flower. Write the number of each part
shown in this diagram next to the word it represents.
pollen grain
sperm
stamen
pollen tube
egg
stigma
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anther
pistil
ovule
filament
style
ovary
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