Download Parts of Flowers Test Review 2014 Answer Key

Parts of Flowers Test Review
Name______TEACHER_______________________________________
Directions: Answer the following questions in the space provided on the right.
1) The structures that make up that outside of the flower
and may be colored or contain nectar or perfume glands
are _________.
1)
Petals
2) ______ are flowering plants.
2) Angiosperms
3) The ______ is the part of the pistil that receives the pollen.
3) Stigma
4) One adaptation a cactus has to survive in the desert is it
has _____ instead of leaves.
4) Needles
5) Narrow leaves on grasses that grow in the prairie minimize 5) Water
_______ loss.
6) The female reproductive cells in a flowering plant are
called _______ , or eggs.
6) Ovules
7) Some tropical plants have ______ to support them in the
shallow soil.
7) Props
8) A _____ is the stalk that supports the anther.
8) Filament
9) Mosses and ferns, also known as epiphytes, live and grow
on the top of other plants in order to receive _____.
9) Sunlight
10) The _____ is the female reproductive organ of the flower.
It is made of the stigma, style and ovary.
10) Pistil
11) Many trees in the temperate deciduous forest have thick
_____ to protect itself from the cold winters.
11) Bark
12) _____ occurs when the pollen unites with the ovules.
12) Fertilization
13) _____ on evergreen trees in the taiga help reduce water
loss and aid in the shedding of snow.
13) Needles
14) The _____ connects the stigma to the ovary.
14) Style
15) Some plants in the taiga grow in clumps to conserve _____. 15) Heat
16) The male reproductive organ of the flower is the ______.
16) Stamen
17) The _____ is the part of the stamen where pollen develops. 17) Anther
18) The male reproductive cells in a flowering plant are the
______.
18) Pollen
19) Once pollination has occurred, the ovules become ______.
19) Seeds
20) Once a seed in formed in the ovary, the ovary changes into 20) Fruit
______. It will protect the seed until it is ripe, then aid in seed
dispersal.
21) The ______ is the place where the flower and the stem meet. 21) *******
22) _______ are special features that allow a plant or animal to 22) Adaptations
live in a particular place or habitat.
23) When a seed does not germinate immediately after leaving 23) Dormancy
the parent plant, it goes into a period of ______, or inactivity.
24) In order for a seed to come out of this dormancy state,
24) Moisture, Heat, Light, Fire
conditions have to be ideal. Ideal conditions depend of the
seed type but they include factors like ______, _______, and
______.
25) _______ means bending toward or away from a stimulus.
25) Tropism
26) _____ is a plant’s response to water.
26) Hydrotropism
27) _______ is a plant’s response to gravity.
27) Geotropism/Gravitropism
28) ______ is a plant’s response to light.
28) Phototropism