LIFE CYCLE
What is the first stage of a flowering plant's life cycle?
Seed
What flower part attracts pollinators?
What is pollination?
Moving pollen from the male part to the female part.
What do fertilized eggs become?
Seeds
What is maturity?
When a plant grows to its full size.
What is inside a seed?
An embryo
What is the male part of the flower?
Stamen
Pollination and fertilization are the same thing.
False
What structures make seeds?
Flowers and cones
What is germination?
When a seed sprouts and begins to grow.
What is the stage when a seed opens and sprouts?
Germination
What is found on top of the stamen?
Anther
Name one pollinator.
Bee (or butterfly, bird, etc.)
Name one way seeds travel.
Wind, water, or animals
What is fertilization?
The joining of an egg and sperm.
What happens when a plant reaches maturity?
It can reproduce ( make new seeds)
What does the anther contain?
Pollen
Besides animals, what two things can pollinate plants?
wind and water
What are burs?
Seeds with hooks that attach to animal fur.
What is pollination?
Moving pollen from the male part to the female part.
What is germination?
Germination is the stage when a seed begins to grow(seed opens and sprouts)
What is the female part of the flower?
Pistil
What must happen before fertilization?
pollination
Why do seeds travel?
To find a safe place to grow.
What is a spore?
A cell that can grow into a new plant.