1. Plants (This PowerPoint goes with older curriculm and not all of this will be on our quiz, but it is all good stuff.)
Characteristics (What makes a plant a plant?)
Producer (Makes its own food)
Photosynthesis (click on the root words to find their meaning.)
(Plants use light to make sugar)
Have chlorophyll (green)
Don’t move on their own
Multi-cellular
Eukaryotic (their cells have a nucleus)

2. Importance (Why should I care about plants?)
We cannot survive without plants. Here are a few of the things plants provide for you.
Oxygen
Food
Clothes
Building Materials
Medicine

3. Plant Parts (Click on the plant part below to learn more.)
Flowers
Leaves
Stems
Roots

4. Classification of Plants (Click on the groups to learn more.)

5. Plant Reproduction 10-3 pg. 322
Asexual Reproduction:
Reproduction without fertilization.
Some plants can make new plants from roots, stems or leaves.
An example is a strawberry.
Sexual Reproduction:
Reproduction where fertilization takes place.
Reproduction could be by spores or seeds.
An example is an Oak Tree.

6. Parts of a Seed Seed Coat: A protective layer (like a shell)
Endosperm: Provides nutrients for the seed (like an egg yolk).

7. Parts of a Seed Radicle: The seed root Plumule: The seed shoot
Cotyledon: Seed leaves that often look different than the true leaves.

8. Plant Development
Germination: When the plant begins to emerge from the seed.
Sprouting: When the plant starts to put out a new shoot.

9. Plant Processes 10-4 pg. 331
Transpiration is when plants loose water through holes in their leaves called stomata.
Photosynthesis is when plants use light, water, chlorophyll and nutrients to make sugars.
Respiration is when plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

10. Flower Parts (pg. 325) (Click on the flower part below to learn more.)
Petals
Sepals
Pistil
Stamen

11. Seed Dispersal
To increase the chance of survival plants try to spread their seeds around
Wind Ex: Dandelion or Maple
Stickers Ex: Thistle
Fruit/Animals Ex: Apple
Water Ex: Coconut
Popping/Ejection Ex: Touch-me-not

12. Credits Created by Ken Abraham, 6th Science, Pine Lake Middle School
Most images are from
Most Information and organization is from Glencoe Science Interactions I.
Feel free to adapt to meet your needs.

13. Photo = Light (Click on the picture to go back.)

14. Synthesis = to make (Click on the picture to go back.)

15. Flowers (Click on the title to go back.)
Flowers are used by the plant for reproduction.
We will be looking at the parts of a flower soon.

16. Leaves (Click on the title to go back.)
Leaves catch sunlight and make sugars by the process of photosynthesis.
Leaves allow the plants to get rid of waste (O2 and water).
Chlorophyll makes plants green.

17. Stems (Click on the title to go back.)
The stem transports water and nutrients to different areas of the plant.
Xylem are tubes that transport water in most plants.
Phloem are tubes that transport food in most plants.
The stem also provides support for plants.

18. Roots (Click on the title to go back.)
The root provide an anchor for the plants.
Roots soak up water and nutrients from the soil.
Roots also store water, nutrients and sugars.

19. Non-Vascular (No tubes) (Click on the title to go back.)
No xylem or phloem
Reproduce asexually or by spores
Examples:
Moss
Liverworts

20. Seedless Vascular (Click on the title to go back.)
Have xylem and phloem
Reproduce asexually or by spores
More primitive than seed plants
Examples:
Ferns
Horsetails
Club moss

21. Gymnosperms (Naked Seed) (Click on the title to go back.)
Have xylem and phloem
Have “naked” seeds
Most have cones
The largest plants on Earth are gymnosperms
Examples:
Conifers
Pines
Cedars

22. Angiosperms (Click on the title to go back.)
Have xylem and phloem
Have protected seeds
Have flowers
Make up most of the plants on Earth
Examples:
Roses
Maples
Cacti

23. Petals (Click on the title to go back.)
Many petals are colorful to attract pollinators.
Some have markings to tell insects where to land.
Petals also protect the reproductive parts of a flower.

24. Sepals (Click on the title to go back.)
Sepals are the green leaves around the base of the flower that protect the buds.

25. Pistil (Click on the title to go back.)
The pistil is the female parts of a flower
The stigma is the top part where the pollen is placed by the pollinator.
The style is the tube that connects the stigma with the ovary.
The ovary is where the pollen meets the egg(s). (Turns into the fruit.)

26. Stamen (Click on the title to go back.)
The stamen is the male parts of a flower.
The anther is the part that makes and stores the pollen.
The filament is what holds the anther up.
Pollen is the male sex cell in plants.