Plants
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Plants begin their life as a seed. With water, right temperature and right location, the seed germinates. It becomes a seedling. Roots push down into the ground to get water and minerals. The stem reaches for the sun, and leaves begin to unfold. A bud appears. The plants then produce flowers. The flowers are then pollinated in many ways – by bees, moths, butterflies, insects, moths, bats, butterflies and even by the wind. The pollinated flower turns into fruit. The new seeds are inside the fruit. The ripe fruit drops to the ground and the cycle begins again.
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| Plants stay rooted in one place. They do not move on their own. | Most animals move on their own. |
| Plants have chlorophyll and can make their own food. | Animals cannot make their own food. They need plants and animals for food. |
| Plants give off oxygen and take in carbon dioxide given off by animals. | Animals give off carbon dioxide plants need to make food, and take in oxygen to breathe. |
| Plants have cell walls and other structures animals do not have. | Animals do not have cell walls and have structures that are different from plant cells. |
| Plants have no or very little ability to sense. | Animals have a developed sensory and nervous system. |
Plants
Part Salad - match plant part to plant name
Life
Cycles Game - Put the stages of an apple's life in order
Label the Part of a
Flowering Plant
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Page updated April 23, 2005