Types of Plants
Parts of a Flower
Fruits and Seeds
Life Cycles
Characteristics of Plants
100
What is a conifer?
A seed plant that reproduced with cones
100
Does it help a flower to have bright colorful petals? Why or why not?
Yes, the colors attract insects and animals which can pollinate the flower or disperse it's seeds.
100
What is the function of a fruit in the reproduction of plants?
Fruits protect and help to spread the seeds.
100
True or False: The life cycle of a flowering plant has an ending phase.
False, the life cycle of a plant has phases that repeat like a circle over and over again.
100
When a characteristic has been passed from parents to their offspring it has been what?
Inherited
200
What are two ways that plants can reproduce? (double points if you know the third way)
Seeds from flowers, seeds from cones, and spores
200
What is the female part of a flower? What is the male part of the flower?
Female part: Pistil (ovary and ovules). Male part: Stamen
200
What part of the flower becomes a seed?
The ovules
200
When a plant dies, does the life cycle continue? Explain.
Yes, the life cycle continues. The seeds can grow into new plants to replace the dead plant.
200
List at least three characteristics of a tree that can be inherited.
Possible answers: the shape of the flowers, the shape of the plant, smell, taste of fruit, color, etc.
300
Where do plants get their size, shape, color, etc.?
They inherit it from their parents
300
What is pollination?
The movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil.
300
What are the three main parts of a seed?
Embryo, Seed coat, and stored food (seed leaves)
300
What are the four stages of the life cycle of a plant?
Germination, growth, maturity, seed formation
300
Use an example to explain how the environment can affect the way a plant grows.
Possible answers: plants growing in poor soil are smaller and have fewer flowers, a gardener can change the size and shape of a plant, a deer could eat part of a flower
400
What type of plants are grasses?
Flowering plants
400
What is fertilization?
The joining of an egg and sperm cell when pollen grains land on a pistil.
400
Name two ways that seeds can be dispersed.
Possible answers: Animals, wind, water
400
How are the life cycles of flowering plants and conifers similar?
Both plants go through the same stages in the same order.
400
Two flowers are planted in the same soil, at the same time, with the same amount of water. The only difference is that one flower is planted in the sunlight while the other flower is planted in the shade. Predict how the flowers will grow, and explain how the flower got it's characteristics.
The flower in the sun will probably grow longer and stronger than the flower in the shade. The flower's shape, size, color, ect. are inherited from it's parent plant. The strength of the flower is influenced by it's environment
500
What type of plant is most common?
Flowering Plants
500
Make a inference, if a flower is not bright and colorful, how is it pollinated?
By the wind
500
How does a germinating plant get food and the energy to grow?
From the food stored in the seed.
500
How are the life cycles of a flowering plant and a conifer plant different? Be specific.
The flowering plant makes seeds in fruits while a conifer makes seeds in cones. The flowering plant depends on insects for pollination. The conifer relies on the wind for pollination.
500
Explain in detail the difference between characters that are inherited and characteristics that are changed by the environment
Characteristics that are inherited came from the parent plant. They are passed down from parent to off spring. Environmental changes involve influences that come from the around the plant such as people, animals, and other nature.
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