Seeds
What is a seed?
What is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food?
What type of root does a carrot have?
What is a taproot?
Name a stem that you eat?
What is Asparagus, rhubarb, broccoli stem, bamboo shoots, sugar cane, potato, celery, etc.?
Name a leaf that you eat?
What is spinach, lettuce, cabbage, kale, swiss chard, arugula, etc.?
Why are petals brightly colored?
What is to attract pollinators to the flower?
What is the seed coat?
What is the external part of the seed that protects the embryo?
What part of the root is responsible for absorbing water and minerals?
What is the root hairs?
What is a stem?
What is the part of the plant between the roots, leaves, and flowers?
What part of the leaf is broad and flat.
What is the blade?
What is the name of the female part of the flower?
What is the pistil?
The part of the seed that has potential for growth in the right conditions.
What is an embryo?
What type of root system looks like the top of the tree?
Is a potato a stem?
What is yes?
Leaves make food through what process?
What is photosynthesis?
Which part of the stamen is responsible for pollen production?
What is the anther?
Name a seed you eat.
(examples)
What type of root branches from the primary roots?
What is the secondary roots?
What is no?
What is Mrs. Eubanks nickname for a stem?
elevator
What protects the flower before it blooms?
What is the sepals?
Name two of the four functions of seeds.
What is ...
(1) maintain dormancy until better environmental conditions arise,
(2) afford protection to young plant at vulnerable developmental stage,
(3) contain adequate food supply until photosynthesis is possible, or
(4) dispersal of plants?
What are three of the four functions of roots?
What is ...
(1) Absorb water and nutrients from the soil,
(2) Anchor the plant into the ground,
(3) Move water and nutrients of the stem, or
(4) Store food?
Name the two functions of the stem.
What is ...
(1) the central support structure of the plant and
(2) transport water and nutrients absorbed in by the roots to the leaves and flowers?
True or False: Leaves move water up and down using the phloem
False. Water moves up the stem from the roots in the xylem.
What part of the flower becomes the fruit after pollination has happened?
What is the ovary?