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Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
What three things is the stem responsible for holding up?
Stems hold up the leaves, flowers, and fruit of a plant.
100
What three parts make up a seed?
The seed coat, seed leaf, and developing plant
100
What is a seed coat?
The hard outside covering of a seed.
100
What is a seedling?
A young plant that grows from a seed
100
What is pollen?
A fine, yellowish powder found on the tip of some flower parts
200
Besides holding up the plant, what else is the stem responsible for?
Stems also carry the water and minerals to other parts of the plant.
200
What are two ways flowers are pollinated?
By wind or animals
200
What is a seed leaf?
The part inside a seed that provides food for the developing plant.
200
What does germinate mean?
to begin to grow and develop
200
Describe two things the roots of a plant are responsible for.
Roots hold a plant tightly in soil and take water and minerals the plant needs from the soil.
300
Where is a plants food made and stored?
Green leaves make most of the sugar a plant needs to live and grow.
300
What happens after a cone is pollinated?
seeds form inside the cone
300
What three ways can seeds be scattered?
By wind, water, and animals
300
What is carbon dioxide?
A gas in the air that goes into tiny opening in the leaves and plants use to make sugar.
300
What stage is the "seed" in the life cycle of a flowering plant?
The beginning of a new plant life cycle.
400
Describe two things the roots of a plant are responsible for.
Roots hold a plant tightly in soil and take water and minerals the plant needs from the soil.
400
Pine trees and fir trees are examples of what?
Evergreens
400
What are the stages of the life cycle of a flowering plant?
1. Seeds 2. germination 3. seedling 4. growth and pollination
400
What does pollinate mean?
to carry pollen to the stemlike part of a flower
400
Explain the stage "growth and pollination" that occurs in a flowering plant.
A plant can make seeds and be pollinated in this stage.
500
What is a mineral?
a natural, nonliving material that can be found in soil
500
What is a petal?
an outside part of a flower that is often colored.
500
What are the stages of the life cycle of a conifer?
1. seeds 2. seedling 3. growth 4. cone development and pollination
500
What is a conifer?
a tree or shrub that has cones
500
What stage come after the "growth and pollination" stage in the life cycle of a flowering plant?
Seed: the beginning of a plant life cycle. A life cycle is never ending, the last stage of one life cycle leads to the first stage of the next life cycle. The cycle is never ending or continuous.
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