1. Plant Reproduction Flowering plants are known as ___________ The sexual reproductive organ of flowering plants are________, they are usually brightly colored and sweet smelling so that ______________. The __________ protects the flower bud, they are usually __________ in color. The male reproductive part of the plant is the ____________. It consists of the oval portion known as the ___________ which holds pollen grains, which are the _____________ of the plant. These pollen grains are produced by the process of _______________ and have ___________ the number of chromosomes as the parent flower. The long stalk that supports the anther is the _____________.

2. The ____________ is the female structure of the plant. It constists of the sticky _________ which catches the pollen grains, the long ___________ and the _____________ which holds the eggs, or _______________. The eggs are produced by _________, which means they have _________ the number of _____________. A complete flower has both male and female parts, a staminate flower contains only _________ and a pistillate flower contains only ___________. Transfer of pollen is from __________ to ___________. This is called _________________. Self pollination is ________________, while cross pollination is______________________. Pollination is carried out by ______________________________. When the pollen grain lands on the stigma, the growth of the pollen tube begins ____________________ into the ovary. Two sperm nuclei pass through the pollen tube to the ovary. One sperm ferlilizes the ____________ to make a ______________-. The other sperm fuses with 2 _____________ to form a 3n ________________. This is _________________ for the developing embryo.

3. The zygote undergoes ___________ divisions to form a _________________. The ovule ripens to a ______________, the ovary to a ____________. The seed is surrounded by a ____________, it functions as __________ for the developing embryo. The epicotyl is the ______________, the hypocotly is the_________ and the cotyledon is the _________________. Fruits are specialized for ________________, which is done by _____________________. Seeds will only germinate under certain ____________. The seed needs ___________________, _________________, and ________________ to germinate. Apical meristem is ________________ ___________________. Lateral meristem is ____________________________