Plant Life Cycle
This is the first stage in a plant’s life cycle.
What is a seed?
The part of the plant that is small green leaves that are used to protect the flower bud.
What are sepals?
Plants need water and ___ to start growing.
What is warmth?
The process in which a seed starts to grow.
What is germination?
Pollinators do what for a flower?
Move the pollen from one plant to another.
This stage happens when a seed begins to grow.
What is germination?
This part of the flower that is the full male part of the plant.
What is the stamen?
Name two things plants need to grow.
What are sunlight and water?
Is the first part of the plant to start to grow from a seed.
What is the root?
What is the sweet, sticky substance that some plant use to attract insects to come visit them?
What is nectar?
The part of the plant produces the seeds
What is the fruit?
This part of the flower which containes the eggs
What is the ovary?
Without this, plants cannot make food.
What is sunlight?
Is the substance that comes into contact with the seed and causes it to start to swell.
What is water?
List 2 ways that plants can attract pollinators to come to them.
white or brightly colored petals
scent
nectar
having marks on their flowers
Put these in order: germination, flowering, adult plant, seed.
What is seed → germination → adult plant → flowering?
This part of the flower that is the sticky part used to catch pollen
What is the stigma?
Name one thing besides water plants need to grow. (Answers vary)
What is air or soil or sunlight?
Is NOT needed for a seed to start to grow but is needed for a plant to live.
What is sun light?
What is wind?
List the main stages of the plant life cycle (6 stages).
Seed, germination, growing plant, flowering plant, fruit, fruit releases seeds
This part of the flower that is brightly coloured and is used to attact insects to the flower.
What is the petals?
Why is warmth important for seeds to grow?
It helps them germinate.
Gives the plant its energy to start to grow.
What is its food store.
small and not brightly colored flowers
no scent or nectar
smooth, light pollen that is easily blown away