Plant Reproduction (Vocabularies)

Ovule (Egg)

• Male reproductive cell

• Female reproductive (sex) cell

• Plant seed

• Sperm cell

Pollination

• Transfer of pollen from anther of a flower to the stigma

• Transfer of nectar from stigma of a flower to the anther

• Transfer of pollen from leaf of a plant to the stigma

• Transfer of pollen from anther of a flower to the ovary

Fertilization

• Fusion of pollen (sperm) and ovule (egg) to form a zygote

• Process of seed dispersal in plants

• Division of cells in the embryo

• Formation of fruit from the ovary

Seed dispersal

• Movement of seed away from parent plant by animals, and factors such as wind and water

• Movement of seed through soil by water only

• Growth of seeds in the same location as the parent plant

• Absorption of nutrients by seeds from the parent plant

Pollen

• Female reproductive cell

• Male reproductive(sex) cell

• Plant nutrient

• Seed dispersal agent

Germination

• The process by which an organism sprout/develop from a seed or spore

• The process of photosynthesis in plants

• The process of cellular respiration

• The process of pollination in flowering plants