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Plant life cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Germinate | To begin to grow and sprout |
| Seed coat | Protects the embryo |
| Embryo | the part of a seed that develops into a plant |
| Radicle | The first root of a plant |
| Plumule | The first shoot |
| Endosperm | The part of the seed that is a food source for the young plant |
| Protects the seed | Fruit |
| Cotlyedon | The primary leaf of the plant embryo |
| Monocot | A plant that has one cotlyedon |
| Dicot | A plant that has two cotlyedons |
| Beans and Fast Plants | Dicots |
| Corn, Rice, wheat, cereal grains | Monocots |
| Xylem | Cells that transport water |
| Macronutrients | Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium |
| Phloem | Cells that transport nutrients/food |
| Photosynthesis | The process used by plants to make glucose (food source) |
| Cholorplasts | Where photosynthesis takes place in plant cells |
| Glucose and oxygen | The products of photsynthesis |
| Cabbage, Fast Plants, Radish | Members of the crucifer family |
| Tap root | Dicot |
| Petals in groups of 3 | Monocot |
| Fibrous roots | Monocot |
| Parallel leaf veins, with long, thin leaves | Monocot |
| Petals in groups of 4 or 5 | Dicot |
| Water, sunlight and Carbon Dioxide | What is needed for photosynthesis |
| Ring pattern in the stem | Dicot |
| Net like leaf veins, and broad leaves | Dicot |