Plant & Animal Life Cycles

Life of most plants starts with a

• live birth

• seed

• seedling

• pupa

Most seeds are covered with an outer skin (layer) called a

• seed coat

• seed jacket

• parka

• snow suit

What do plants need to grow? Click all answers that are correct.

• water

• soil

• sunlight

• space

Germination is when the seed is watered. It swells and gets

• happier

• smaller

• bigger

• to go to Disneyland

Germination is when the plant starts to

• grow

• get its own seeds

• get leaves

• die

In the seedling phase of the plant life cycle, the roots begin to grow_____________and hold the plant____________.

• up/down

• down/up

• up/up

• down/down

Seedlings are small and thin and have only a few

• seeds

• friends

• leaves

• choices

As the plant grows, the roots

• die because the plant no longer needs roots to grow

• grow toward the surface of the soil to find sunlight

• turn into seeds

• spread out to give it more support

When a plant becomes an adult and stops growing, it gets

• flowers with seeds of its own

• an award

• eaten by animals and dies

• eaten by bugs and dies

What part of the plant is #1?

• flower
• stem
• root
• leaf

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