Growth
This plant part helps to hold up the plant so the leaves can face the sun.
Stem
Leaves collect this from the sun.
energy
This male flower part holds up the anther.
Stamen
The anther produces these grain-like particles that travel from one flower to another.
pollen
This part of the plant grows down into the soil.
root
This plant part absorbs water and nutrients.
Roots
Leaves use the energy from the sun to produce what?
sugar
or
food
This part of the flower protects the flower bud while it is developing.
sepal
In a plant like a fern, these structures fall or are blown to another location, to begin reproduction.
spores
This part of the plant captures sunlight.
Leaf
This plant part gathers the energy from sunlight so it can produce food for the plant to allow the plant to grow.
Leaf
Roots are where plants get this substance that travels to all parts of the plant, using the stem.
water
or
nutrients
This part of the flower attracts insects and other pollinators with its bright colors and sweet scent.
petals
In pine trees, you need to have two of these for reproduction - one male and one female.
cones
This part of the plant grows away from the ground and helps keep the plant upright.
Stem
This plant part protects the flower bud as it is forming so that the plant can continue to grow the flower.
Sepal
Some desert plants have a waxy covering on their leaves. This helps the plant to conserve or keep what inside?
water
This flower part is a female part where the ovary and ovules are located.
pistil
When a plant produces seeds, there are several ways for them to be dispersed. Name two of them.
wind
animals
water
This part of the plant attracts insects.
Flower
If a plant is knocked over, and no one puts it back upright, its roots will still grow down. What is this plant responding to?
gravity
There are two systems in the stem of the plant. What are they?
Water-carrying tube system
Food-carrying tube system
When pollen reaches this flower part, they combine to make a seed.
egg or ovule
When a fern spore begins to reproduce, how do the sperm cells travel to the egg cells?
they must travel in water
Name a part of the plant that is used for protection.
Thorns
Bark
Spines