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Table of Contents
First Step Science
From Seed To Plant
Irma Miller
Bayou Press Iberville
1.
What is a plant?
6
2.
Parts of a plant
9
3.
A plant sprouts
12
4.
Bloom
18
5.
Simple Flowers
22
6.
Pollination
26
7.
Self-Defense
30
Glossary
38
Index
42
Index
Glossary
Carbon dioxide: a gas in the air that is used by
plants to make their food.
Carpel: The part of a flower that grows into a fruit
and in which the seeds develop
Germinate: when a seed starts to grow and
produce a new plant
Oxygen: a gas in the air: plants and animals use
this gas for breathing
Petal: the part of a flower that is often brightly
colored
Pollen: the yellow dust made by the stamens
of a flower
Sepal: the small leaves on the outside of a flower
that protected it while it was a young bud.
Stamen: the part of the flower that makes the
yellow dust-like pollen
carbon dioxide, 18
cereals 21
experiment, 12-14,
25-30
flowers 49
of grasses 3
of trees, 3
parts of 4-5
fruits 6
seeds in, 5
of trees, 3
parts of 4-5
germination, 15, 17
grass 3, 25, 31
insects , spread of
pollen by 4, 5
light 4,5
oxygen 15
petals, 5
poisonous, 21, 28
rain, 15
roots, 17, 3
seed leaves 17, 18
seedlings, 18, 19
growing 29
measuring 30
seeds 2, 5, 7, 9
collecting, 13, 14
kinds of, 27
need for light, 31
parts of, 14
planting 24-26
spreading of 9, 10
• Leaf
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The leaf is thin and flat. It absorbs light.
Light energy is used to make food from
carbon dioxide and water.
A waxy waterproof layer protects the surface
of the leaf.
Veins carry substances in and out of the
leaf.
Gases enter and leave the leaf through tiny
holes called stomata.
•
5 Chief Kinds of Plants found in
the plant kingdom.
1. seed plants
2. ferns
3. lycopsids
4. horsetails,
5. bryophytes.
Parts of a Flower
What Plants need to
Grow
1. Room to Grow
2. Temperature
3. Light
4. Water
5. Air
6. Nutrients
7. Time
World’s Largest Seeds
The giant, dark brown seed of the coco de mer
palm tree can reach 12 inches (30cm) long. It
measures 3 feet (1m) in diameter and weighs
up to 40 lb.
Name
Measurement
Coco de Mer
12 inch
30 cm
Coconut
6 inch
15 cm
Avocado
3 inch
7-6 cm
Peach
2 inch.
3cm
Acorn
1 in.
2.5 cm
World’s Most
Harvested
Plants
Further Reading
Royston, Angela. Flowers, Fruits and Seeds.
Plants Series. Des Plaines, ILL.:Heinermenn
Library, 1999.
Royston, Angela. Life Cycle of an Oak Tree.
Chicago, ILL.: Heinermann Library, 2000.
Million of Tons
Saunders-Smith, Gail. Stems Growing Flowers
Series. Mankato, Minn.: Pebble Books, 1998.
600
550
The Visual Dictionary of Plants. Dorling Kindersley,
1992
525
Websites to Visit
500
www.enchantedlearning.com
www.pbs.org
www.nationalgeogrphic.org
450
Corn
Rice
Wheat
Veg.
Fruits
Plant Infor. Packet
1.
What is the name of the Series this book is a part of?
Plant Infor. Packet
1.
What is the name of the Series this book is a part of?
2. List one web site you could find more information on
plants
2. List one web site you could find more information on
plants
3. Were more vegetables are fruits grown in one year ?
3. Were more vegetables are fruits grown in one year ?
4. On what page would you find information about
poisonous plants?
a. 21
b. 15
c. 18
d. 5
5. How do plants use carbon dioxide ? Oxygen?
4. On what page would you find information about
poisonous plants?
a. 21
b. 15
c. 18
d. 5
5. How do plants use carbon dioxide ? Oxygen?
6. List 3 things that plants need to grow?
6. List 3 things that plants need to grow?
7. What year was Life Cycle of an Oak Tree published?
a. 1999
b 2000
c. 1998
d. 1992
7. What year was Life Cycle of an Oak Tree published?
a. 1999
b 2000
c. 1998
d. 1992
8 What does a leaf do?
8 What does a leaf do?
9. Define germinate.
9. Define germinate.
Plant Information Packet
Plant Information Packet
1.
What does stamen mean?
1.
What does stamen mean?
2.
How many things do plants need to grow?
2.
How many things do plants need to grow?
3.
600 million tons of _______ are harvested
each year.
3.
600 million tons of _______ are harvested
each year.
4.
The book From Seed to Plant is a part of
what series?
4.
The book From Seed to Plant is a part of
what series?
5.
How many chapters are in this book?
5.
How many chapters are in this book?
6.
On what pages would I find information
about collecting seeds?
6.
On what pages would I find information
about collecting seeds?
7.
What is the URL of a web site where I could
find out more information on plants?
7.
What is the URL of a web site where I could
find out more information on plants?
8.
List three parts of a flower.
8.
List three parts of a flower.