Plant Families
I am a small baby plant with tiny leaves. I grow from a seed. What am I?
seedling
I am inside a fruit. I can grow into something new. Who am I?
a seed
Two plants: one with big leaves, one with small leaves.
What is ONE difference you see?
leaf size
Plants start life as a ______.
seed
A baby plant has the same leaf color as the parent.
Is that inherited?
yes
This is the “grown-up” plant. What do we call it?
adult plant
I look like my parent because I inherited traits. Am I the adult or the offspring
offspring
Two plants have the same number of petals. What is ONE thing that is the same?
same petal number same color
Which comes first: seed or seedling?
seed
A plant is tall because someone watered it every day.
Is that inherited?
no
A sunflower makes a sunflower baby. This baby is called its ________.
offspring
I am green and flat. Some are big, some are small. I help the plant make food.
leaves
A parent tree has smooth leaves. The baby tree also has smooth leaves.
Did the baby inherit this trait?
yes
What stage comes after the seedling stage?
adult plant
A baby plant has the same leaf shape as its parent.
Is it inherited or not?
inherited
A tomato plant makes tomatoes, and inside them are ______ that can grow new plants
seeds
I grow slowly. First I pop out of the soil. Then I grow more leaves. What stage am I?
seedling
A cactus is tall, but its baby is very tiny. Is this a similarity or difference?
difference size
True or False: All plants grow in the same way.
false
A student painted a plant’s leaves red. Is the baby plant going to have red leaves too?
no
A baby plant looks like its parent plant because the parent passes down ________.
traits/ characterstics
I can be long, short, pointy, or round. I help you tell plants apart.
leaves
You see a parent plant with round leaves. The baby plant has round leaves AND the same color.
Name two inherited traits.
leaf shape and color
Put these in order: Adult, Seed, Seedling
Seed → Seedling → Adult
A parent plant lives in the sun. The baby plant lives in the shade.
Does where it lives change its inherited traits?
No, inherited traits stay the same