Plant Life Cycles

Cypress trees, slash pine trees and evergreen trees all reproduce with seeds. How are their seeds similar?

• Their seeds are found in fruits

• Their seeds are located in cones

• Their seeds are found in the pistil of a flower

• They don't have seeds

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Watch the time lapse of an apple seed. What happens during the germination stage of the apple tree life cycle?

• The seeds begin to sprout

• Seedling grows into a young tree

• The tree begins to make flowers

• The orange begins to grow

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What is true about all flowering plants?

• The reproduce with cones

• They make seeds

• They have thorns in the mature stage

• They all make fruits

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Reorder the stages of a flowering plant life cycle.

• Seedling

• Maturity

• Germination

• Seed Formation

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A maple tree and pine tree both go through the same life cycle stages, but what is a different about their lie cycles. Select ALL that apply

• Pine trees produce cones.

• Pine trees produce flowers.

• Maple trees produce flowers.

• Maples trees produce cones.

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Select ALL the statements that describe a non-flowering plant.

• Contain seeds

• Are pollinated by wind

• Form fruits

• Reproduce by cones

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Orange trees and apple trees both produce fruits. Once their seeds are dispersed, they begin to root and grow. What is the next stage of the life cycle for these flowering plants.

• germination

• seedling

• maturity

• seed formation

Florida is home to both flowering plants and conifers. Select ALL the statements that are FALSE about both seed types.

• The seeds of flowering plants are stronger than the seeds of conifers.

• Conifers have a seedling stage , where as flowering plants do not.

• Neither flowering plants or conifers needs animals for seed dispersal.

• Flowering plant seeds are dispersed by animals, whereas conifer seeds are dispersed by only the wind.

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How are the life cycles of flowering plants and conifers the SAME?

• They are both pollinated by animals and wind.

• They both reproduce during the maturity stage of their life cycles.

• They both take many years to grow.

• They both make fruits after they have been pollinated.

In flowering plants, after pollination fruits begin to grow. Sasha is growing tomato plants in her garden. What can she expect to see immediately after the tomato plant has been pollinated?

• roots will form

• leaves will begin to grow

• a tomato will form

• the plant will die

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