HET PLANTENRIJK
How do plants reproduce?
There are two types of reproduction: asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction.
Asexual reproduction
In asexual reproduction there is only one parent. Most tiny organisms, such as amoebae, are one-celled, and reproduce by dividing into two cells. The two cells are identical.
However, sea anemones are made of many cells. They reproduce asexually by growing buds. Here, the bud starts as a swelling which then develops tentacles, a mouth and a gut, and then splits off the parent.
Sexual reproduction
In sexual reproduction there are two parents. The parents have sex organs which produce sex cells. In animals the male sex cells are called sperm, produced by sex organs called testes. Female sex cells are called eggs or ova (one egg=ovum). Ova are produced by sexual organs called ovaries. Fertilisation occurs when a sperm enters an egg.
Flowering plants reproduce themselves from seeds which form inside the ovary of the flower after fertilisation.