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Reproduction in Plants

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Plant Reproduction

Plants must use different tactics to get their gametes to spread. This is because they are unable to move around.

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Similarities to animal reproduction

  • Plant reproduction is similar to animal reproduction. This is because a male sex cell (pollen) must fuse with the female sex cell (an egg).
  • The reproductive organs in a plant are found in the flower.
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Female parts

  • The female parts are all together called the pistil.
  • The pistil is composed of:
    • The stigma.
    • The style.
    • The ovary.
    • The ovule.
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Male parts

  • The male parts are all together called the stamen.
  • The stamen is composed of:
    • The anther.
    • The filament.
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The process

  • Pollen from the anther on one plant must land on the stigma of another.
  • Here, it moves down the style towards the ovary and ovule where it will fuse with the egg.

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1Biology

1.1Cells, Tissues & Organs

1.2Reproduction & Variation

1.3Ecological Relationships & Classification

1.4Digestion & Nutrition

1.5Plants & Photosynthesis

1.6Biological Systems & Processes

2Chemistry

2.1Particles

2.2Chemical Reactions

2.3Atoms, Elements, Compounds

2.4The Periodic Table

2.5Materials & the Earth

2.6Reactivity

2.7Energetics

2.8Properties of Materials

3Physics

3.1Energy

3.2Forces & Motion

3.3Waves

3.4Electricity & Magnetism

3.5Matter

3.6Space Physics

4Thinking Scientifically

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