Plant Life Cycles
Plants that complete their life cycle in one year, or season
What are annuals?
Plants provide for these three basic needs.
What are clothes, food, and shelter?
Anchors the plant and absorbs water and minerals.
What are the roots of a plant?
Means “naked seed” in Greek.
What are gymnosperms?
The part of a plant that stores food and water.
What is the stem?
Plants that complete their life cycle in two growing seasons.
What are biennials?
Humans use the animal and animal products that feed on plants and plant products.
What is an indirect source?
The types of conductive tissues in the stem of a flower.
What are xylem and phloem?
In Greek it means “covered seed” or “enclosed seed”.
What are angiosperms?
The chemical process of converting sunlight into energy and food for a plant.
What is Photosynthesis?
Plants that produce for more than two years or growing seasons.
What are perennials?
The plant or plant products are used by humans.
What is a direct source?
The part that produces food for the plant through photosynthesis.
What are leaves?
The two classes of angiosperms with distinct characteristics.
What are monocotyledons and dicotyledons?
The root system with one thick main root.
What is a tap root?
Carrots, cabbage, Black-eyed Susan
What are examples of a biennial?
Ways humans use plants for ornamental and aesthetic purposes.
What is/are landscaping, house decor, or outdoor recreation?
The female part of a flower.
What is a pistil?
The amount of major groups of plants.
What is four?
The movement and loss of water through evaporation.
What is transpiration?
The two classes of perennials.
What are herbaceous and woody?
An example of how plants provide for a basic need.
(ex. fruits, wood, wool)
What are fruits, wood, wool, etc.?
This type of root grows from the stem or leaf of a plant.
What is an adventitious root?
Also known as monocots.
What are monocotyledons?
Naming plants.
What is Taxonomy?