1. An apple tree is an example of a fruiting plant.
A cross-section of the apple is shown below.
From what part of the apple does structure A develop and what is its primary function? A. It develops from the guard cells and its primary function is glucose storage. B. It develops from the seeds of the tree and its primary function is for reproduction. C. It develops from the flower of the tree and its primary function is for reproduction.
D. It develops from the meristematic tissue and its primary function is glucose storage.

2. SC.912.L.14.7 Relate the structure of each of the major plant organs and tissues to physiological processes.

3. Interactive Journal Entry “Plant Structures SC.912.L.14.7”
Left Side
Right Side
Plant Reproductive Structures and Pollination (Note: when copying reduce size to 67% to fit in composition books; students can staple/tape it in landscape format)
“We Do” Plant Reproductive Structures Matrix and Questions

4. 2 General Pollination Options: Animal or Wind Pollination
Explain the shape, smell, bloom time and nectar is typically tailored to the type of pollinator of that plant. In more specific relationships it is very specific and timed with reliable results since this is a symbiotic relationship. In less specific relationships (like the wind) the plant is utilizing chance.

5. What is Pollen? Pollen is released by plants to reproduce.
Pollen is the male reproductive component.
So, pollen can be referred to as “plant sperm.”
Anybody allergic to “plant sperm” or “pollen”?

6. Petal Anther Stigma Pistil Style Ovary Sepal Stamen Filament Ovule
Review the plant parts and names with students. You can tell them that the “male” part of the flower can be remembered because it has the word “Men” in its name. In the “We Do” Students will be reviewing the function and telling how they aid to reproduction.
Ovule

7. How to get a fertilized egg…
This reviews how pollination occurs after a pollen (or sperm) lands on the stigma.

8. Fertilized Ovule to Seed
This slide just show how the actual ovule hardens and is protected into a seed.

9. Flower to Fruit
Use this slide to describe how flowers develop into fruit. Emphasize that the ovule or the “seeds” are still encased within the fruit.

10. Cones! Cones! Cones!
Male cones release pollen (sperm) by wind pollination.
The pollen will land in the female cone.
It will develop a pollen tube, fertilizing the ovule (egg).
A new tree see will be created and dispersed.
Female
Male
Cone Seeds

11. SC.912.L.14.7 Relate the structure of each of the major plant organs and tissues to physiological processes.

12. Interactive Journal Entry “Plant Structures SC.912.L.14.7”
Left Side
Right Side
Plant Reproductive Structures and Pollination (Note: when copying reduce size to 67% to fit in composition books; students can staple/tape it in landscape format)
“We Do” Plant Reproductive Structures Matrix and Questions

13. Day 2 – In Small Groups, Fill out the Matrix and answer the following questions…
Why do wind pollinated plants generally produce more pollen than animal pollinated plants?
The scales of a female pine cone produce a sticky substance. What function might this serve?
Why do you think fruits have seeds in them? Is this a viable means of seed dispersal? Why or why not?

14. SC.912.L.14.7 Relate the structure of each of the major plant organs and tissues to physiological processes.

15. An apple tree is an example of a fruiting plant.
A cross-section of the apple is shown below.
From what part of the apple does structure A develop and what is its primary function? A. It develops from the guard cells and its primary function is glucose storage. B. It develops from the seeds of the tree and its primary function is for reproduction. C. It develops from the flower of the tree and its primary function is for reproduction.
D. It develops from the meristematic tissue and its primary function is glucose storage.

16. The graph below shows the relationship between a specific species of wasp and its correlating plant species.
Utilizing the graph above, determine what will MOST likely happen to the plant population if disease kills all the wasps in a very short period of time? A. The plants will become extinct. B. The plants will grow more slowly. C. The plants will evolve into another species of plant D. The plants will become pollinated by another species.

17. The diagram below depicts plant observations made by a student.
What is the most likely classification based on the student’s drawings and information chart?
A. Gymnosperm whose reproductive structures are spores.
B. Gymnosperm whose reproductive structures are cones.
C. Angiosperm whose reproductive structures are flowers.
D. Angiosperm whose reproductive structures are spores.

18. The diagram below shows a flower.
Which parts of the flower is part of pollen production and distribution process? A. parts A and B B. parts C and D C. parts E and F D. parts D, E, and F

19. An apple tree is an example of a fruiting plant.
A cross-section of the apple is shown below.
From what part of the apple does structure A develop and what is its primary function? A. It develops from the guard cells and its primary function is glucose storage. B. It develops from the seeds of the tree and its primary function is for reproduction. C. It develops from the flower of the tree and its primary function is for reproduction.
D. It develops from the meristematic tissue and its primary function is glucose storage.

20. The graph below shows the relationship between a specific species of wasp and its correlating plant species.
Utilizing the graph above, determine what will MOST likely happen to the plant population if disease kills all the wasps in a very short period of time? A. The plants will become extinct. B. The plants will grow more slowly. C. The plants will evolve into another species of plant D. The plants will become pollinated by another species.

21. The diagram below depicts plant observations made by a student.
What is the most likely classification based on the student’s drawings and information chart?
A. Gymnosperm whose reproductive structures are spores.
B. Gymnosperm whose reproductive structures are cones.
C. Angiosperm whose reproductive structures are flowers.
D. Angiosperm whose reproductive structures are spores.

22. The diagram below shows a flower.
Which parts of the flower is part of pollen production and distribution process? A. parts A and B B. parts C and D C. parts E and F D. parts D, E, and F