Plant Anatomy
Seed Anatomy
Life Cycle
Odds and Ends
100

The part of the plant that are large and flat. They do the majority of the photosynthesizing.

Leaves


100

What is the outside of a seed called?

Seed coat

100

How does a seed know its in a good environment to grow?

Seed coat

100

Can a seed underground photosynthesize?

No. There is no sunlight.

200

The part of the plant underground.

Roots

200
What is the majority of the seed used for by the baby plant?

Food

200

What is it called when a dormant seed begins to grow?

Germination

200

Are wasps pollinators?

Yes.

300

The part of the plant that attracts pollinators.

Flower

300

What is the large inside area of the seed called?

Cotelydon

300

What happens when the baby plant breaks through the soil and can sense sunlight?

Photosynthesis

300

What do roots sense in order to grow in the right direction?

Gravity

400

The very first bit of stem that pokes out of the ground.

Hypocotyl

400

What are the first baby leaves of the plant called inside the seed?

Epicotyl

400

A plant produces a flower in order to attract what?

Pollinators

400

The seed coat senses what to let the seed know it can germinate and grow?

Water

500
The part of the root that detects gravity.

Root cap or root tip

500

What will the epicotyl, hypocotyl and radical develop into?

A plant.

500

A pollinated flower will produce what?

Seeds

500

Plants get nutrients from where?

Soil via the roots