Plant Relationships
What is the name of a relationship a plant has with another plant or even an animal?
Symbiotic Relatioship
This process allows plants to use energy from the _________ to make food.
sun
Plants reproduce using which to main methods?
Asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction
Name the three main plant parts.
Leaf, stem, and roots
Name the three things seeds must have to begin growing.
Air, sun (or the right temperature), and water
What is something a plant "does" to keep butterflies from laying eggs on its leaves?
AND - Why is this important?
This part of the plant is the best at causing photosynthesis.
Pollen
What is the name of the outside of a seed?
Seed coat
A seed is considered ____________ when it is just a dry seed waiting to grow.
Dormant
Plants produce what essential element we breathe?
Oxygen
Sugar
All flowering plants begin life as what?
Seeds
The "baby plant" inside the seed is known as what?
The embryo
The eggs of the plant are stored in what?
The ovary
Why are plants important to the ecosystem?
Producers - food for animals, food chains, produce oxygen etc
This organelle is located inside a plant cell and is responsible for photosynthesis.
Chloroplasts
Evergreen trees are called ____________ because their seeds are housed in cones, not fruits
conifers
Explain the difference between a taproot and fibrous roots
Taproot - single or central root going deep into the soil
Fibrous roots - long, thin roots that resemble fibers
Gravity and the sun
What happens to a flower that is cut from the stem of a living plant? Why?
It dies because it cannot survive without all of its working organs.
Why are leaves and plants green? What causes this to be so?
Chlorophyll located inside the chloroplasts.
How does asexual reproduction work in plants?
Plants shoot off leaves that attach themselves to the soil and then create a root system and new plant. Some plants, like carrots, grow from an old vegetable to produce new plants.
The roots gather water and minerals, while the chloroplasts in the leaves create food for the plant. What are two special tissues surround the pith and transport the water, minerals, and food?
xylem - transports minerals and water
phloem - transports food
List the 5 steps of the life cycle of flowering plants.
- A seed is released when the fruit of the plant falls off the plant
- The proper conditions allow the seed to begin growing
- A small plant (seedling) emerges from the seed and begins growing
- The plant matures and develops an ovary where eggs are stored
- The ovary is fertilized and becomes a seed in the fruit.