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10.3. Reproduction in plants. Pollination

 

10.3.1. Warm-up. Vocabulary development. 
Match the terms in the Table and their English definitions.
Find the Hungarian equivalent of the terms.

Definitions

Definitions are adapted from Biology. Concepts and Connections. by Neil A. Campbell, Lawrence G. Mitchell, and Jane B. Reece. 1994. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc.  (p. 614)

a)      are usually green and look like leaves

b)      are often of bright color in order to make the flower attractive for insects and other pollinators.

c)      contains the male reproductive organs of a flower

d)     contains the female reproductive organs of a flower

e)      it is located at the top of the stamen. It is a small sac where pollen grains develop

f)       it is located at the tip of the carpel. It is the surface where pollen grains brought from other flowers are received 

g)      it is located at the base of the carpel. This is where the ovule is located

h)      it contains the developing egg

Key words

Definition

Hungarian

anther

carpel

ovary

ovule

petal

sepal

stamen

stigma

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10.3.2. Working with sentences. Pollination.
Put the sentences into the correct order. The first sentence is given for you.

This text was adapted from Biology. Concepts and Connections. by Neil A. Campbell, Lawrence G. Mitchell, and Jane B. Reece. 1994. The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc. 

The embryo develops into a seedling.

The ovary develops into a fruit, which protects the seed and helps in its dispersal. 

The ovule changes into a seed containing the embryo.

The seed begins to grow (germinates).

The seedling grows into a mature plant.

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10.3.3. Vocabulary development 
Find the key terms in the text. Match them to their Hungarian equivalent.

English

Hungarian

dispersal

embryo

fertilization

germinate (verb) 

seed

seedling

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