Plants Homework

_____________: the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.

• Phloem

• Style

• Xylem

• Stigma

______________: the vascular tissue in plants that conducts sugars and other metabolic products downward from the leaves.

• Phloem

• Stigma

• Xylem

• Style

_______________: The part of the stamen where pollen is produced.

• pollen

• anther

• stamen

• filament

_________________: hold the anthers up within the flower, making the pollen more accessible to pollinators and the wind.

• pollen

• anther

• stamen

• filament

________________: The pollen producing part of a flower.

• pollen

• anther

• stamen

• filament

_________________: contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule

• pollen

• anther

• stamen

• filament

_______: the part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed.

• Ovary

• Pistil

• Stigma

• Ovule

__________: the female organs of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary.

• Ovary

• Pistil

• Stigma

• Ovule

__________: the hollow base of the carpel of a flower, containing one or more ovules.

• Ovary

• Pistil

• Stigma

• Ovule

_________: the long, slender stalk that connects the stigma and the ovary

• Ovary

• Ovule

• Style

• Stigma