Pollination takes place in different ways. Wind can move pollen.
Water can move pollen.
Insects going from flower to flower can move pollen.
Bats going from flower to flower can move pollen.
Birds going from flower to flower can move pollen.
An embryo has structures called seed leaves or cotyledons.
Seeds with ONE cotyledon are called monocots.
Seeds with TWO cotyledons are called dicots.
Spreading Seeds
Animals can spread seeds when they eat berries. The berry seeds pass through their digestive systems.
Once the seed is moved from the parent plant, the embryo will stay in the seed until
the outside conditions, such as temperature
and moisture, are right.
Mosses and ferns are plants that do not make flowers. The life cycles of these plants have 2
parts.
Part I: FertilizationPart II: Reproduction
A plant spore is a single plant cell that can develop into a new plant.
Examples of plants with spores = moss and ferns
Tropisms are ways that plants change their direction of growth in response to the environment.
It often occurs when the environment changes the amount that cells grow on different sides of a plant.
A growth hormone is a kind of chemical that affects plant
growth. These chemicals cause more cells to grow in the plant. These chemicals can also make plant cells grow larger. Plants
make their own growth hormones.
Sunlight supplies the energy need for photosynthesis. The process is often written
as:
Carbon dioxide Water
Sunlight energy Oxygen
Sugar
Q. 1: In what part of the plant does photosynthesis occur? (page 96)
Q. 2: Thousands of sugars combine in plants to form what chemical? (page 96)
Q. 3: Plants that have a xylem and a phloem are called _____ plants. (page 98)
Q. 4: Name two types of root systems. Provide a definition for each. (page 100)
Q. 5: Why are roots important to plants? List three reasons. (page 101)
Q. 6: What is the difference between a pistil and a stamen? (page 102)
Q. 7: List the eight parts of a flower. Provide a definition of each. Draw a diagram of a flower and label the parts. (pages 102-103)