Classifying Plants
What is a spore?
A small cell that grows into a new plant.
What is one way a leaf can help a plant?
1: Leaves can be poisonous, sharp, or tough to chew to keep animals and insects away.
2: Leaves can help control the amount of water in the plant.
3: Leaves help plants use water, air, and sunlight to make food
What is one way a root helps the plant?
- Keeps the plant stable
- Roots store food
- Roots take in water & minerals
Why do some seeds have tiny parachutes?
To help the seeds scatter so they have more room to grow.
This type of tree grows cones instead of flowers to make seed.
Coniferous
What is the process called when plants use air, water, and energy from sunlight to make food?
What is a nutrient?
Any material needed by living things for energy, growth, and repair.
How do petals help a flower reproduce?
The petals attract insects and other animals
What is a deciduous tree?
A tree that loses its leaves in the fall and grows them back in the spring.
Carbon dioxide enters the leaf through _____ on the leaves surface. Oxygen is also released through these.
Tiny holes
This type of root spreads out in many different directions. They also grow close to Earth's surface to take in rain water.
Fibrous root
How do bees help pollinate plants?
Pollen sticks to the bodies of bees as they look for food. Bees can carry this pollen to the part of another flower that makes seeds.
Provide at least two ways each group of flowering plants differ from each other?
Each group has different kinds of roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
Plants need energy from the sun to change _____ and water into _____.
Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen
What type of plant has a stem that can swell up or shrink depending on the amount of water it contains?
Cactus plant
Seeds need air, the right amount of water, and the right temperature to _____.
Germinate
A fern is a type of nonflowering plant that uses spores instead of seeds to grow. Where do ferns produce spores?
On the undersides of their leaves.
A plant might close the tiny holes on its leaves to do what?
Stop water loss
How would you describe the difference between a cactus stem and the stem of an ivy plant?
The cactus stem is thick, waxy, and stores water. The stem of an ivy is long and thin.
Conifer plants grow both small and large cones. What is the role of the small cones on conifers?
Pollen forms in the small cones. Wind blows pollen from the small pollen cone to the larger seed cones.