Dirt
Air, water, rocks and minerals, and living things that are decomposing
What is soil made of?
Flower
What part of the plant is involved in reproduction?
Petal
Pollen tube
What is the tube that grows from the pollen grains to the ovules?
Carbon dioxide
What do plants "breathe" in?
High precipitation (rain) and warm temperatures
What environment makes the best soil?
Leaves
What part of the plant is most involved in photosynthesis?
Sepal
What are the small leaves that protect a flower before it blooms?
Pollinators
What are birds, bees, and other things that help flowers pollinate?
Oxygen
What do plants "breathe" out?
Clay, silt, and sand
What are the 3 types of soil?
Stem
What part of a plant carries water from the roots up into the plant?
Stamen
What is the male part of the flower?
Wind
What carries seeds of plants like milkweed and dandelions?
Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
What are the 3 things a plant needs for photosynthesis?
Darker parent rock and finely textured parent rock
Which parent rock type creates the best soil?
Roots
What part of a plant carries water and nutrients from the soil and also keeps the plant in the soil?
Pistil
What is the female part of the flower?
Thorns
What protects some plants from being eaten?
Chlorophyll
What is a green pigment that helps with photosynthesis?
Soil conservation
What do we call the management of soil to prevent its destruction?
Fruit
What part of some plants holds seeds and waits to be eaten?
Perfect flower
What is a flower with both male and female parts?
Because they cannot move
Why do plants need pollination and help spreading their seeds?
Photosynthesis
What is the process plants use to make food?