Life Cycle of a Plant
What is Botany?
The study of plants.
What do all living things need to live?
Air, water, and food.
What's the process of a seed becoming a plant called?
Germination
What is the leaf's job for a plant?
To make food for the plant.
What do we release when we exhale?
Carbon Dioxide
What is the first stage in a plants life cycle?
Seed
Which part of the plant "anchors" it in the ground and holds nutrition?
Roots
What's the infant leaf inside a seed called in seed-bearing plants?
Cotyledon
What is the green pigment located in plant cells that absorbs light to power photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll
What does photosynthesis stand for?
Name 3 ways seeds are dispersed.
Air, water, animals, gravity, explosion
Which part of the plant supports the plants leaves and sucks up water?
Roots
What is a plant that develops flowers and enclosed seed, in either a fruit or a nut, called?
Angiosperm
Which type of tree has green leaves the entire year? Some have needles instead of leaves, like pine trees.
Evergreen
What's the difference between the roots of a monocot and a dicot plant?
Monocot plants have "many" main roots, and dicot plants only have one main root.
What part of the plant attracts pollinators?
Flowers
Which part of the plant performs photosynthesis?
Leaf
What is a plant without flowers or protected seeds called?
Gymnosperm
What type of plant sheds its leaves each year (fall)?
Deciduous
What's the name of the chamber on a flower that contains eggs that will develop into seeds?
Ovary
Name 3 things plants provide humans with.
Food, shelter, medicine, fuel, clean air, shade, beauty...
Which part of the plant holds and protects the seeds?
Fruit
What is pollination?
The process of pollen being transferred from one plant to another to allow fertilization.
What is photosynthesis?
The process plants undergo to create their own food from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
What are the tiny pores in leaves called?
Stomata