Parts of a Plant
Makes the seeds.
What is the flower?
First stage of life for many plants.
Seed.
A plant needs nutrients from the soil, air and ________ and ____________ to survive.
Sun, water
First stage of the life cycle.
Seed
This is where the plants food is made.
The leaves
Protects the seed and the developing plant inside the seed.
Seed Coat.
Describe how water and nutrients travels from the soil to the parts of the plant.
The roots absorb the water and nutrients from the soil and sends it to the stem. The stem absorbs them through little tubes and sends it to the leaves of the plant.
Second stage of the plants life cycle. (its after seed and before seedling)
germination.
Holds the plant tightly in the ground and takes in water and nutrients from the soil.
The roots.
The part inside each seed that contains stored food.
The seed leaf.
Once the water reaches the leaves what do the leaves do?
The leaves use the energy from the sun to make the sugar for the plant.
The stage after germination
Seedling
Holds up the leaves and the flowers. Also carry nutrients and water from the roots and sugar from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
The stem.
This is inside every seed.
A developing plant.
Stage after seedling
young plant
Plants use this process to make their own food or sugar.
Photosynthesis.
Wind, air, animals and people.
How seeds are dispersed.
Stage after young plant
Adult plant