Seed Growth
Early Growth of a seed
What is germination?
The part of the year in which climate conditions favor pant growth
What is a growing season?
Restores nitrogen back to the soil
What is the pea family?
Plant that resembles a goldenrod and causes seasonal allergies
What is the ragweed?
Contains disk and ray flowers
3 things a seed needs to grow
What is oxygen, proper temperature, and moisture
A plant that dies after a single growing season
What is an annual?
once a seed no longer depends on the cotyledon for food
What is a seedling?
means put together; many small flowers grouped together into a head
What is the Composite Family?
A flowering plant that produces covered seeds
What is an angiosperm?
Stage of germination where the seed absorbs water
What is stage 1 of germination
A plant that dies after 2 growing seasons
What is a biennial?
Have trumpet shaped flowers and sweet nectar
What is the honeysuckle family?
Contains seedpods (legumes)
What is the pea family?
A flowering plant that produces uncovered seeds
What is a gymnosperm?
Stage of germination where plumule will grow above the soil
What is the 3rd stage of germination
A plant that lasts through multiple growing season
What is a perennial?
Have flowers with nectar horns
What is the milkweed family?
petals arranged in groups of five; cup shaped; includes apples, strawberries, blackberries, peaches, etc.
What is the rose family?
Herbaceous plants characterized by dry fruits and leaves that look like bird feet
What is the buttercup family?
Stage of germination where the radicle where push downward
What is the 2nd stage of germination
the life expectancy of a tree
What is A perennial
Contains compound umbels, in which the umbels are attached to other stems to form a larger umbel
What is the parsley family?
Also known as the crowfoot family
What is the buttercup family?
Characterized by square, stout stems and flowers arranged in spikes
What is the mint family?