1. Plant Life Cycles

2. How do plants grow? Seeds-structures that can grow into new plants
Embryo-a young plant inside a seed that is ready to grow
Seeds store food to help the embryo survive and have a tough covering to protect the embryo
Germinate-begin to grow
Seedling-a small plant

3. How do plants make seeds?
Flower-the plant structure that makes seeds
Flowering plants-plants that use flowers to make seeds
Seeds have two parts: pollen-male part and egg-female part
Ways that the pollen and egg get together: wind, animals, or insects
Pollination-the movement of pollen to the egg
Fruit-the structure that holds the seeds
Seeds travel to the soil by wind, falling to the ground, or animals (by being buried, sticking to fur, or as waste)

4. What is the life cycle of some plants?
Life cycle-the stages of an organism’s life
Plant life cycle-how a plant germinates, grows, and reproduces
Conifers-plants that reproduce using cones
Cones-plant structures that make seeds
Two types of plants-Flowering plants and Conifers

5. How do plants grow without seeds?
Spores-can fall to the ground and make a new plant
Spores-cannot store food
Fern is a type of plant that makes spores
Potatoes create new plants through “eyes” or white spots
Bulb-underground stem (onion is one type)