Vocabulary
What is a cotyledon?
The food storage for a baby plant/embryo
The plant life cycle starts as a _
seed
What happens after a flower blooms?
Fruits grow
What part of the plant holds the plant in place and absorts nutrients and water?
roots
plants make this kind of food ___________.
SUGAR
What are the 4 types of ways seeds travel
humans, animals, water, air/wind
This part of the plant grows from the seed first
Root
What happens to the seed coat during germination?
it breaks/cracks open
The job of the fruit is?
To protect the seeds
What part of the plant holds the plant and carries the water and nutrients to all parts of the plant?
Stem
This gives plants energy to make their food ____________
Sunlight
wind can move what types of seeds?
small, light
Flowers make this to grow seeds?
Pollin
What happens after the roots grow?
The stem grows
Dormant is another word for?
sleeping
What part of the plant reproduces?
Seed
Plants need these 4 things to make food
sunlight, air, water, nutrients
How do birds and deer connect to the plants life cycle?
Birds fly fruits around to different places
Deers eat fruits and drop them in different places when they use the bathroom
To make another copy/version of something
What happens after the stem sprouts?
it grows leaves
What part of the plant are acorns and kernels?
Seeds
What is the leaves job?
to make their own food
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen
How do squirrels help trees?
Squirrels bury acorns/seeds and forget to dig them up.
What is the first step of a plants life cycle where (the seed coat opens and a plant begins to grow)?
Germination
What happens after the seedling is a full plant?
t grows Flowers
Name the stages of the plant life cycle.
Seed, germination, seedling, adult plant, flowers, fruits
Which part of the plant makes seeds?
flower
The process plants use to make their food is called ________________________
photosynthesis
How do animals move seeds without even knowing it?