What is a zygote cell called after it divides for the first time?
embryo
What is a type of mammal that develops fully inside the mother's body?
placental mammal
what is a type of mammal whose young finishes developing in a pouch
outside the mother's body?
marsupial
what is the period of time during which a mammal develops inside its
mother's body called?
gestation
what is the process of reproducing from only one parent called?
asexual reproduction
what is the process of reproducing from two parent called?
sexual reproduction
What are some things that eggs provide for the developing animal
protection, nutrients, food, and waste removal
Where do fish and amphibians lay their eggs?
in the water
Where do reptiles and birds lay their eggs?
on land
what occurs when part of an organism containing a piece of its'
center is broken off and can regrow a whole organisms?
regeneration
what occurs when an organism duplicates its nucleus and splits in
half to become two separate organisms?
binary fission
what occurs when part of a plan that is usually not involved in
reproduction can develop into a new plant
vegetative reproduction
what occurs when a new individual develops on a parent organism and
grows there until it can survive on its own
budding
occurs when an organism breaks into tiny pieces that can grow into
new organisms
fragmentation
plants that produce seeds in a fruit
angiosperm
the male part of a flower
stamen
top of stamen where pollen is produced
anther
female part of flower
pistil
bottom part of the pistil that contains the ovules
ovary
sticky part of pistil
stigma
fertilized egg
zygote
part of a flowering plant that contains the seeds
fruit
special seed leaves that contain stored food
cotyledons
What is the first step in pollination?
pollen is transferred from anther to stigma
what do we call when pollen from a flower gets on the stigma of a
different plant
cross-pollination
what occurs when pollen from a plant gets on the stigma of the same plant
self-pollination
the zygote develops into this, a tiny new plant
embryo
part of the plant that contains seeds
fruit
seeds can not this term, or spout, without the right conditions of
water, oxygen and temperature
germinate
What are the 3 parts of a seed?
embryo, seed coat, stored food (cotyledons)
outer layer of the seed that protects it
seed coat
what is much smaller than seeds and have only one cell
spores
structures that hold spores
fruiting bodies