Structures of Plants
All about Seeds & Spores
It's All Relative
Vocabulary
True or False
100

This part of a plant helps keep the plant firmly in the ground.

the roots

100

This part of a seed protects it from cold weather and other potential harms.

 the seed coat

100

Any living this is called an...

 organism

100

To sort into groups.

classification

100

The only plants that reproduce with seeds are called flowering plants.

False. Plants with cones also reproduce with pollen.

200

This part of the plant is where photosynthesis happens.

 the leaves

200

I am an apple tree. I reproduce by...

 Seeds

200

I produce my own food. I am a.....

 plant?


200

A powder that is made by the male part of a flower or male cone

pollen

200

A plant could survive without roots and a stem.

 False? A plant needs roots and a stem to get water and nutrients.

300

This part of a plant can be woody or flexible. Water and food travel up and down this part to get to the leaves and flowers.

the stem

300

I am a fungus. I reproduce by....

 Spores

300

In order to classify an organism, Scientists often look at where they live, how they get their food, and their physical C________________.

 Characteristics

300

To make more of its kind

 reproduce

300

A plant makes it own food by combining water and air only.

 False. A plant combines water, air, and sunlight to make its food.

400

This part of the plant takes water and nutrients from the soil and sends it to other parts of the plant

the roots

400

I am a vascular plant called a fern. I reproduce by...

Spores

400

I am a tomato plan. I produce seeds. I am a....

fruit?

400

a special quality or appearance that makes something different from another (ex, tall or short).



 a Characteristic

400

The only way a root helps a plant live and grow is by taking in water and nutrients from the soil.

false Roots help the plant stand upright.

500

This green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plant cells is essential for photosynthesis.

What is chlorophyll?

500

I am a cone. I reproduce by...

 seeds

500

The third planet from the sun 

Earth


500

A tiny part of a moss or a fern that can grow into a new plant

 a spore

500

Vascular plants all use seeds to reproduce.

 false Ferns are vascular and they reproduce by spores.