FAAM 3rd Grade Science - Chapter 3 Plants

a small cell that grows into a
new plant

• flowering plant

• nonflowering plant

• spore

• coniferous

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a plant that produces flowers
with seeds

• flowering plants

• nonflowering plants

• spores

• coniferous

produces cones

• flowering plant

• nonflowering plant

• spores

• coniferous

a plant that does not produce flowers

• flowering plant

• nonflowering plant

• spores

• coniferous

Name at least two ways flowering and nonflowering plants are alike. Then write how they are different.

Look at the illustration below.

• Pollinating it.

• Eating its fruit.

• Germinating it.

• scattering its seeds.

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After taking a walk through a field, Jan picked burs off her socks and dropped them. What did she do by dropping 
the burs?

• She pollinated a plant.

• She did nothing important.

• She left food for animals that live in the field.

• She helped to scatter a plant’s seeds.

How can you classify a rosebush?

• as a plant that makes spores

• as a plant that has a prickly stem

• as a plant that has needles

• as a plant that makes cones

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How do leaves help plants?

• They hold the plant up.

• They take in water from the soil.

• They help make food through photosynthesis.

• They help make seeds.

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What structures help keep a cactus from losing too much water?

• thick, waxy stems

• deep tap roots

• seeds made in cones

• leaves with stinging hairs