Question | Answer |
1. Pine needles and tulip leaf are | examples of leaves |
2. Name two things stems of plants do. | 1. Carry food, water & minerals to rest of plant.
2. Support the plants |
3. Plants need ________________________ and
__________________________ to live. | sunlight, water |
4. All plants have ___________________. | cells |
5. Why is the daisy's stem flexible? | The stem carrys out photosynthesis making the stem flexible. |
6. What kind of root is a carrot? | Taproot |
7. Making nectar helps flowers become pollinated because | Nectar attracts birds, insects and bats. The pollen sticks to the insects or animal which then carrys it to another flower which helps to pollinate. |
8. Name a plant that grows from spores? | Fern |
9. A stamen makes | pollen |
10. Describe a spore | A single cell and smaller than a seed. |
11. How does a plant grow with seeds? | 1. Flowers that pollinate produce fertilized eggs that develop into seeds.
2. Fruit grows around the seeds.
3. Fruit and seeds separate from the parent plant.
4. The new seeds germinate-begin to grow. |
12.How are taproots and fibrous roots alike? | anchor and absorb water and minerals from the soil. |
13. How can you grow apples without starting with seeds? | grafting |
14.Name the second step in the photosynthesis process. | turns into sugar for energy |
15. Name the first step in the photosynthesis process. | Plant takes in carbon dioxide, water & sunlight so they can live |
16. How are taproots and fibrous roots different? | Fibrous is same length, spreads out in all directions and remains close to the top of the dirt. Taproot-large main root, grows straight down, stores food for the plant, it grows thicker |
A seed might remain ________________ for years before it grows. | dormant |
A sperm cell and egg cell combine during _____________________. | fertilization |
The ____________________ is the female organ of the flower that produces egg cells. | pistil |
Plants make their own food during a process called ______________________________. | photosynthesis |
The _______________ is the leaflike part of a plant that protects the flower bud. | sepals |
Plants are green because of a green material called ______________________. | chlorophyll |
The _______ is the part of the flower that grows into a fruit that protects the seeds. | ovary |
What are the small openings on the underside of leaves? | stomata |
What is the job of the stomata? | The tiny openings let carbon dioxide, oxygen and water pass into the leaves. |