1. Identify the function of specific plant and animal parts.
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TIC TAC Plant Parts
4th grade
Jessica Runyan
Identify the function of specific plant and animal parts.
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2. Vascular Plants
Vascular Plants contain two networks of tubes in their stems, leaves, and roots.
One of these networks transports water, and the other transports food made in the leaves to the other plant parts.

3. Types of Vascular Plants
ferns
seed-bearing plants
flowering plants

5. Parts of a Vascular Plant
Roots
Stem
Leaves
Ovule
Stigma
Ovary
Petal
Anther

6. Roots
Water and nutrients from the soil enter the plant through the roots.
Water tubes in the roots carry water to water tubes in the stems.

7. Stems
Water tubes in the stem then carry water to water tubes in the leaves.
Some of the water then evaporates into the air through a process called transpiration.

8. Leaves
Food tubes carry food made in the leaves to food tubes in the stem and roots.
Some food tubes run all the way from the leaves down to the roots.

9. Ovule
This part contains the egg cell.

10. Stigma
tip of pistil which catches the pollen grains

11. Ovary
where ovules are made

12. Petal
colorful leaf that helps attract insects

13. Anther
This part of the stamen contains pollen.

14. What is pollen?
The fine powder like material consisting of pollen grains that is produced by the anthers of seed plants.
After you strip away the blossom of the male flower, the pollen is readily visible.

15. What does a plant need to survive?
Soil
Light
Water
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Plants may have adaptations in order to obtain these basic needs, much like the Venus Fly Trap.

16. Stages in Reproduction
An insect or the wind carries pollen grains from another flower to this one.
The pollen grains land on the stigma and a pollen tube grows down through the style to the ovary.
The nucleus of the pollen grain passes down the tube. It fertilizes the egg cell inside the ovule.
The fertilized egg cell develops into an embryo. The ovary becomes the fruit and the ovule becomes the seed.

17. Resources