Plant Potpourri
Photosynthesis
Roots & Stems & Leaves
Reproduction
Life Cycle of Plants
100
Plants are made of small building blocks called...
What is cells?
100
Plants take this in during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide & water & sunlight?
100
Pine needles & tulip leaves are both ...
What is leaves?
100
The job of the stamen is to make this.
What is pollen?
100
How could apples grow without starting from apple seeds?
What is grafting?
200
Three things plants need to live
What is sunlight, water and carbon dioxide?
200
Plants turn carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into this during photosynthesis.
What is sugar?
200
The two main things that stems do
What is support the plant and carry water & nutrients to parts of the plant?
200
What do animals come looking for on a plant, but then help to spread pollen because THIS drew them to the plant?
What is nectar?
200
For fertilization to take place an egg cell needs to combine with a _____ _____ in the ovary of a plant.
What is sperm cell?
300
Photosynethesis takes place in this part of a plant cell
What is chloroplast?
300
Plants release this into air during photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
300
Daisies have a flexible stem instead of a woody stem, because...
What is they don't need a big stem because they are light-weight?
300
Plants turn __________________ into energy they need for reproduction.
What is sunlight?
300
In plants that grow from seeds, the fruit separates from the _____________ ____________ so it can grow.
What is parent plant?
400
This is what a tap root looks like.
What is one large main root that grows straight down?
400
True or false - Photosynthesis takes place in all plants.
What is true?
400
A carrot is an example of this kind of root.
What is a taproot?
400
This is a single tiny cell which is part of plant reproduction in some plants.
What is a spore?
400
When grass is pollinated, wind blows the pollen from the grass into the ____________ of another grass plant.
What is pistil?
500
This is what makes plants green.
What is chlorophyll?
500
One main thing the stem of a plant does...
What is support the plant, or carry water & nutrients to the rest of the plant?
500
Explain what a fibrous roots looks like.
What is it spreads out in many directions?
500
Give two examples of plants that grow from spores, not from seeds.
What is ferns & mosses?
500
Fertilization occurs when pollen on the pistil goes down the pollen tube into the ovary, where the sperm cell and the _____ _______ in the ovary combine.
What is egg cell?