1. Conifers, Fungi, and Mosses, Oh My!
Miss Ford’s Fifth and Sixth Grade Class

2. Gymnosperms
Seeds that develop in cones or fleshy seed coating (may resemble a berry). Best example: Conifers

3. Male and Female Cones Each tree produces both male and female cones.
Male cones: smaller and softer
Young Female cones: smaller, located in upper branches, scales slightly open to receive pollen.
Mature Female cones: Scales open, larger, scales most likely missing due to seed dispersal

4. Male and Female Cones

5. Life Cycle of a Conifer
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6. Life Cycle of a Conifer A pine tree produces:
Female cones in upper branches
Male cones in lower branches
Wind blows pollen from male cones to the female cones
Pollen grows pollen tube and the male sperm travels down into the female egg cell in the ovule.
Forms a Zygote
The ovule develops in the see which disperses and then grows into a baby conifer

7. Life cycle of Ferns

8. Spores Facts about Spores: Much Smaller than seeds
Consists of only 1 cell
No stored food
Needs more water than seeds
Two types of plants that reproduce by spores:
Ferns
Mosses

9. Spores

10. Mosses

11. Molds

12. Quiz 12-A Study for Quiz 12-A it will be tomorrow!
Review both outlines for studying. It will be Multiple Choice and Fill-in the Blank. It will only be 10 questions long.