1. Flowers allow some plants (angiosperms) to reproduce w/out water
Plant Reproduction
Flowers allow some plants (angiosperms) to reproduce w/out water

2. Identify the structures in this flower.
petal
stigma
pistil
style
anther
stamen
filament
Where is the ovary?
Where are the sepals?

3. Inside every pollen grain are two sperm cells.

4. When pollen lands on the stigma, this process is called pollination.
A pollen tube grows from the pollen grain and the sperm migrate to the egg.
The first sperm fertilizes the egg.

5. Pollinators include insects, birds, and wind.

6. The egg and sperm unite in a process called fertilization.
The two cells (egg and sperm) become one new cell called a zygote.
The zygote begins to grow and develops into a seed.
zygote
zygote

7. As the seed develops, the ovary grows into a fruit.
This means that anything you eat with a seed(s) is a ripened ovary.

8. Examples of ripened ovaries.

9. Which of these are fruits (ripened ovaries)?
Hint: If it has a seed, it’s a fruit.