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Parts of a plant.
Seeds
Life Cycle
Mystery questions
Mixed "Bag"
100
Makes the seeds.
What is the flower?
100
First stage of life for many plants.
Seed
100
First stage of the life cycle.
Seed
100
Roots grow in what direction?
Down, or with the pull of gravity.
100
All the living and non-living things around us are part of our what?
Environment
200
This is where the plants food is made.
The leaves
200
If a plant does not have flowers or fruits, the seeds are in?
Cones
200
When the seed is beginning to grow it is called?
germination.
200
A plant needs nutrients from the soil, air and ________ and ____________ to survive.
Sun, water
200
A plant is an example of a __________ thing because it has a life cycle and does change.
Living
300
Holds the plant tightly in the ground and takes in water and nutrients from the soil.
The roots.
300
The first part of the seed that starts to grow is the?
Roots
300
The stage after germination
Seedling
300
Vitamins in the soil that help feed the plant
nutrients
300
Describe how water and nutrients travels from the soil to the parts of the plant
The roots absorb the water and nutrients from the soil and sends it to the stem. The stem absorbs them through little tubes and sends it to the leaves of the plant.
400
Holds up the leaves and the flowers. Also carry nutrients and water from the roots and sugar from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
The stem
400
This is inside every seed.
A developing plant
400
Stage after seedling
young plant
400
If a plant is tipped over, the stem will grow in which direction?
upward toward the light.
400
Once the water reaches the leaves what do the leaves do?
The leaves use the energy from the sun to make the sugar for the plant.
500
Plants use this process to make their own food or sugar.
Photosynthesis
500
Wind, air, animals and people help seeds do what?
Spread around the environment
500
Stage after young plant
Adult plant
500
A fire can cause a cone to do what?
Release its seeds.
500
Describe how plants respond to cold temperatures.
Plants respond to cold in different ways. If the temperature gets below 0 degrees celcius, the plants will freeze and die. To prevent a freeze, farmers can spray their fruit with water so that ice forms around the fruit during the freeze. The ice helps protect the fruit.