Plants
______ make their own food.
Main parts of plants are
roots, stems, flowers and leaves.
Roots
_____ take in water and nutrients from the soil and also help anchor the plant in the soil.
flower
Makes pollen and produces seeds. Many times, they are colorful to attract insects and birds.
stem
carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves and provides support
leaves
produces food for the plant by taking in sunlight and also carbon dioxide from the air.
photosynthesis
process a plant uses to make their own food.
Carbon dioxide + water + light = food + oxygen
seeds
produce new plants
fruit
seed bearing structure formed in a plant after flowering
pollinate
fertilize by transfering pollen
life cycle
how a living thing grows and changes
seedling
a young plant with with only a few leaves and no flowers
mature plant
A plant that has become an adult with seeds and is able to reproduce
flowering plants
plants that reproduce by using seeds from a fruit or flower
non-flowering plants
make seeds in cones or produce spores instead of seeds
chlorophyll
Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis
pollenators
bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects