Download The Functions of Plant Parts/ Plant Life Cycles

The Functions of Plant
Parts/ Plant Life
Cycles
V. Martinez
A78-81; A84-87
1. What is a state of lower
activity until spring?
 Dormancy is a plant’s state of lower
activity until spring.
 When the plant
 Breaks its dormancy
 It starts to grow roots.
2. What is the giving off of
water by plant parts?
 Transpiration is the giving off of water by
plant parts.
3. What is the name of one
main root that grows deep
into the soil?
 A taproot is one main root that grows in
the soil.
5. The two main types of
leaves are __ and __.
 The two main types of leaves are
needles and broadleaves.
6. What two ways do roots
help plants survive?
 Roots help plants survive by taking in
nutrients and holding plants in soil; some
store food made by leaves.
7. What supports plants
and gives them shape?
 Stems support plants and give them
shape.
8. Some plants that grow in
poor soil have adaptations
that let them trap and eat ___
 Some plants that grow in poor soil have
adaptations that let them trap and eat
insects. The insects they catch help
provide needed nutrients that may be
missing in the soil .
 Venus Flytrap
9. Germinate means ___
 Germinate means to sprout.
10. What do seeds need to
grow?
 Seeds need air, water, and warmth to
begin to grow.
11. What plant part makes
pollen?
 The stamen makes pollen, a kind of
powder on plants.
12. What does the top of
the pistil collect?
 The top of the pistil collects the pollen.
13. What happens when
pollen is carried from a
stamen to a pistil by wind or
animals?
 Pollination is when pollen is carried from
a stamen to a pistil by wind or animals.
14. Where do the seeds
form in the flower?
 The seeds form in a flower in the ovary at
the bottom of the pistil.
15. Seeds form when the
stamen makes pollen that is
collected by the pistil, which
forms the ___.
 Seeds form when the stamen makes
pollen that is collected by the pistil, which
forms the seed.
16. Some plants grow
from ___ instead of seeds.
 Some plants grow from spores instead of
seeds.
17. How are spores
spread?
 They are spread by wind, water, and
animals.
18. What are swollen
underground stems that are
often dug up to eat?
 Tubers are swollen underground stems
that are often dug up to eat.
 An example is a potato.
19. What is a way to join 2 or
more different plants to
make a new plant?
 Grafting is a way to join 2 or more plants
to make a new plant.