Parts of Plants
Plant Reproduction
Plant Life Cycle
Characteristics of Plants
Extra Extra!
100
The 3 plant organs.
What are roots, stems and leaves?
100
The female part of the plant.
What is the pistil?
100
Name one thing a seed needs in order to germinate.
What is the right amount of water, oxygen, or the right temperature?
100
Living things are made of these.
What are cells?
100
This type of root has many roots that extend in different directions.
What is a fibrous root?
200
The role of the leaves.
What is to produce food so the plant can survive in its environment?
200
The part of the flower that covers and protects the bud.
What is the sepal?
200
Where a seed gets energy to start growing.
What is from food stored inside the seed?
200
The substance in plants that make them green.
What is chlorophyll?
200
When this happens, the plant's life cycle is complete.
What is when the plant dies?
300
Name 1 function of a stem.
What is carrying water, minerals and food between roots and leaves or supporting the plant by holding the leaves up so they can get sunlight?
300
This part of the flower makes tiny grains of pollen at its tip and is also known as the male part.
What is the stamen?
300
This might happen if the seed does not get the right conditions for growth to occur.
What is it will not germinate?
300
The location of the plant where photosynthesis takes place.
What are the leaf cells?
300
This is a type of underground stem from which a new plant grows.
What is a bulb?
400
Name 1 job of a root.
What is to anchor the plant in the ground or to absorb water and mineral nutrients?
400
The transfer of pollen from the stamen to the pistil is known as this.
What is pollination?
400
This causes a spore to remain dormant.
What is poor growth conditions?
400
The 3 things plants need in order to survive.
What is sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?
400
Name an example of a taproot.
What is a carrot, turnip, radish, beet, or a sweet potato?
500
Larger plants have these types of stems because they need more support.
What are woody stems?
500
This occurs when a sperm cell from a grain of pollen combines with an egg cell inside the ovary.
What is fertilization?
500
Name one way seeds are scattered by animals.
What is through their digestive systems, by hooks that get attached to animal fur, or by animals that gather and bury seeds?
500
The process where plants make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
500
This will happen after a spore germinates.
What is the spore will grow into a plant with male and female cells?
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