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TOPIC 3
BLM 2-15
REINFORCEMENT
What to Do
1. Label each numbered flower part. Then write a note in the space provided indicating the
function of each.
Flowers and Reproduction
2. ____________________ occurs when pollen has been transferred from the anther
to the stigma. When the pollen grain germinates on the stigma it creates a burrow called
the ____________________ ____________________ as it travels toward the
ovary.
3. When the sperm cell from the pollen grain travels down the pollen tube and reaches the
____________________ , the ____________________ joins with the egg. This is called
fertilization.
4. The newly fertilized cell that is produced when the male sperm and female egg are joined is
known as a _______________________.
5. The fertilized embryo will become a tiny new plant inside the seed. We call this tiny new
plant the ____________________.
6.
What is the point of the Cotyledons? _____________________________________________
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