A flower's egg cell is not like a chicken egg. It's one tiny cell, and it holds half of what's needed to start a brand new plant.
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Inside each ovule is a little team of 7 cells called the embryo sac. The egg cell sits at the end near a tiny opening, the door where a pollen tube will come in.
Two helper cells called synergids sit right beside it. The big central cell fills the space above.
A plant egg cell has no shell. It is so small you need a microscope to see it.
Pollen carries sperm cells to the egg cell. The egg holds half of the plant's instructions (DNA), and the sperm cell holds the other half. When they join, a seed starts to form.
The joined cell is called a zygote (ZY-goat). It splits again and again and grows into the embryo, the baby plant tucked inside the seed.
Press Join with a sperm cell on the 3D model. At home, soak a dry lima bean in water overnight. Gently split it in half and look for the tiny baby plant inside!
Every seed has its own baby plant. So each pea in a pod came from its own egg cell!
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