What are four of nature's helpers in the process of pollination or reproduction of plants?
Birds, Butterflies, Bees, Wind
What is the purpose of the roots in a plant?
To hold the plant in the soil and to take in water and minerals from the soil
What are conifers?
Plants that have their seeds in cones instead of in flowers.
What are bulbs?
Packages of nutrients that have a new and tiny plant growing inside them.
What is the purpose of a fruit of a plant?
To protect the seeds
Where do conifers produce their seeds?
Inside of cones
Why are stems important to a plant?
They hold the leaves and other parts above the ground, and they carry the water and minerals from the roots to the other parts of the plant.
What three main things do plants need to live?
Water, fertile soil and sunlight
Explain the process of photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll in the leaves works with the water, carbon dioxide and sunlight work together - they create sugar and food for the plant, and expel oxygen.
What is the purpose of the flower of a plant?
To produce seeds, and then a fruit.
What is pollination?
When the pollen and egg in a flower combine to form seeds in a flower.
What are evergreens?
Plants that keep their leaves (often needles) all year long.
Besides seeds, what are other ways that plants can reproduce? (4 ways)
By spores, as tubers, as bulbs and by cutting (striking)
What are some plants that reproduce by bulbs?
Daffodils, onions, garlic...
What are spores?
Cells in some plants (that don't have seeds). The cells help these plants to reproduce.
Name two plants that reproduce by spores.
Mosses and ferns
What is chlorophyll?
A substance in the leaves of plants that makes them green. It helps them make their own food.
Why are the leaves of many plants green?
Because they contain chlorophyll.
Why are leaves important to plants?
They have chlorophyll which helps the plant make food. They take in the carbon dioxide and sunlight which also help make their food.
What is photosynthesis
A process of plants making their own food.
Where are two places that a plant can hold its seeds?
In flowers or in cones
What are the three basic parts of a plant - most plants have them.
Roots, Stem and Leaves
How do most plants reproduce?
By seeds
What are some examples of tubers?
Potatoes, yams
Why is it important that plants make oxygen during photosynthesis?
They expel the oxygen into the air, which helps humans, animals and other life breath and grow.
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