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What is a vascular plant?
A plant with tubes to carry water and other substances.
What is the sepal of a flower?
A leaf-like structure that once protected the bud of the flower.
What is a vegetable?
An edible part of a plant that is not a fruit.
Why are trees important for people and animals?
They make oxygen. They also provide shelter, paper, wood, and fruit.
What do conifers make to house their seeds?
Cones
What is a nonvascular plant?
A plant that does not have tubes on the inside.
What do the anthers that are on little stalks inside a flower do?
They contain pollen
Name one animal that helps disperse seeds.
Bats, birds, furry animals, and squirrels
Where is the largest tree in the world found?
California
What do conifers make to house their seeds?
Cones
What is the purpose of a flower?
To make seeds
What are carnivorous plants?
Plants that consume animals.
Why are leaves important to the plant?
They make food for the plant.
What is the oldest tree called?
Bristlecone Pine
What tree makes the sap that we use to make pancake syrup?
Maple
What is inside a seed?
An embryo (baby plant) with everything it needs to germinate.
Name one carnivorous plant.
Pitcher plant, Sundew, Bladderwort, or Venus Flytrap
What is geotropism?
The process by which a root grows downward, toward earth.
What do ferns make in order to reproduce?
Spores
How are spores different from seeds?
Seeds contain a baby plant with food to nourish it as it grows. Spores do not contain any food for the plant.
Why do scientists use Latin to name living things?
Because Latin is a language that is no longer spoken and does not change.
Why does a flower need to be pollinated?
Because it must have pollen to make seeds to make plants.
Name three kinds of seed dispersal.
Human, water, wind, mechanical, and animal
A green pigment in plants.
What is photosynthesis?
The process plants use to make food.