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Parts of a Plant
Flowers
Seeds
Evergreens
Life Cycle
100
Name 2 things roots do.
Hold the plant in place and take in water and minerals from the soil.
100
What is a petal?
The outside part of a flower that is often colored.
100
What is the thin, hard outer covering of a seed called?
Seed coat
100
Where are seeds made in a pine tree?
Cones
100
What is a life cycle?
The stages in the life of a living thing.
200
What are minerals?
Natural, nonliving materials that can be found in soil.
200
What is pollen?
A fine, yellowish powder in a flower.
200
Name the 3 parts of a seed.
Seed coat, seed leaf, and developing plant.
200
What kinds of leaves do evergreens have?
Pine needles
200
What happens to the petals of a flowering plant when seeds begin to grow?
The petals of the flower dry up and fall off.
300
Name 2 things a stem does for the plant.
Stems hold up the leaves, flowers, and fruit of a plant. Stems carry water, minerals, and sugars to other parts of the plant.
300
When does a flower form seeds?
A seed begins to form when pollen reaches the center part of a flower.
300
What is the seed leaf?
The part inside each seed that contains stored food.
300
Name 2 examples of evergreens.
Pine trees and fir trees
300
What is germination?
When the tiny plant inside a seed begins to grow and develop.
400
What is carbon dioxide?
A gas in the air that plants use to make food.
400
True or False. As seeds grow, the center of a flower swells to form a fruit around the seeds.
True
400
Do cones form seeds or produce pollen?
Both. Some cones form seeds. Some cones produce pollen.
400
What is a conifer?
An evergreen tree or shrub that produces cones.
400
What is a seedling?
A young plant that grows from a seed.
500
What do leaves of a green plant do?
They use energy from sunlight to change the water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air into sugar and oxygen.
500
Name two ways pollen can be scattered.
Wind and animals.
500
Name 3 ways seeds are scattered.
Wind, water, and animals.
500
Describe 2 ways in which a conifer is different from a flowering plant.
Conifers have needle shaped leaves. They keep their leaves all year round. They produces seeds inside cones rather than inside fruits.
500
How does a seedling get the energy and nutrients it needs to grow up through the soil?
It uses food stored in the seed to grow.