Flower to Fruit

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Flower to Fruit
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Flowers
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Pollen

• Tiny structures that will later become sperm
  cells
• Spread by wind and animals

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Pollination
Pollination

• Some pollen is brushed onto the stigma
• The sperm travels down the pollen tube until it
  reaches the ovule (egg cell)
• The sperm (pollen) and egg (ovule) join to form a
  seed. This part is called fertilization.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vge3EM8AERV0
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Seeds

• Basic structures
• embryo
• stored food
• seed coat
• The embryo has the beginnings of roots, stems,
  and leaves

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Seeds (pg. 377)
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Fruit Development
www.youtube.com/watch?vbwCpQflmQG4
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Fruit
Drupe (Peach)
Pome (Apple)
Pepo (Cucumber)
Aggregate (Strawberry)
Multiple (Pineapple)
Berry (Tomato)