Plant Reproduction Worksheet

Name: ______Period: ______Plant Reproduction Worksheet

Holt Page 270 Flowers

1. Flowers are adaptations for ______2. (Read caption) The stamen produces the ______and the pistil produces the ______

Holt Page 280-281 Reproduction of Flowering Plants

3. Circle any of the following statement that are NOT true. a) Fertilization takes place within the flower b) Flowers produce seeds. c) Flowers do not produce fruit. 4. Number the steps 1st, 2nd and 3rd. ______Pollen lands on the stigma ______A sperm cell fuses with an egg in the ovule. ______A pollen tube grows down through the style to the ovary. 5. Mark as true or false. If false, correct the sentence. a) ______Each ovule contains an egg. ______b) ______The pollen travels from anther to stigma. ______c) ______The ovule becomes the fruit. ______d) ______The ovary becomes the seed. ______

Holt Page 259 What’s So Great About Seeds?

6. What is the name of the form of an animal that is just starting to develop? (Hint: The animal versions all look similar due to common ancestry.) ______7. List the 3 parts of a seed: ______8. What nourishes the young plant as it just begins to grow/germinate? ______9. Read the “Environmental Science Connection” caption. Why do some seeds need to be eaten to grow? ______

Holt Page 282 Seeds Become New Plants

10. The root of the word dormant means to sleep. Why is “dormant” used to describe seeds? ______11. Circle any of the following that are requirements for seeds to sprout. a) Water b) Oxygen c) Sunlight d) Correct temperature

Holt Page 262 What are Flowers and Fruit For?

12. Plants not using wind for pollination have flower petals to ______13. List some ways that fruits are used to get the seeds distributed/spread out. a) ______b) ______c) ______

Use all the reading to explain the relationship of the pairs of terms below.

14. Ovule and seed. ______15. Embryo and seed ______16. Fruit and seed. ______