Florida Plant Life Cycles

Both of the plants in the pictures are native to Florida.

Which explanation correctly explains how the life cycle of the pine tree is different from the life cycle of the maple tree?

• The pine tree produces cones instead of seeds.

• The pine tree produces cones instead of flowers.

• The pine tree produces cones instead of seedlings.

• The pine tree produces cones instead of mature plants.

If a plant has flowers, what else is true about its life cycle?

• It has cones.

• It makes fruit.

• It makes seeds.

• It produces spores.

The bald cypress tree has needles like a pine tree.

How are bald cypress seeds and pine tree seeds similar?

• They are in shells, like peanuts.

• They are in large, tasty fruit.

• They are in cones.

• They are in bulbs.

Pine trees are non-flowering plants, but they produce seeds in cones. Flowering plants also produce seeds.

What is another way that the life cycles of both flowering and non-flowering seed- bearing plants are similar?

• They both can reproduce during the mature plant stage of their life cycle.

• They both develop seeds enclosed at the base of a flower.

• They both develop fruit after the seed has developed.

• They both make seeds.

Which stage of the flowering plant life cycle is just before the mature adult plant?

• seedling

• flower

• seed

• fruit

Mango trees produce fruit. After the fruit reaches the ground, the seeds inside take root and begin to grow, producing a stem and leaves. What is the next stage of the life cycle?

• Seed

• adult

• flower

• seedling

Which statement is true for all non-flowering plants?

• Non-flowering plants don't form fruit.

• Non-flowering plants cannot be trees.

• Non-flowering plants don't contain pollen.

• Non-flowering plants don't contain seeds.

Which stage is shown in the picture?

• flowering plants

• adult trees

• seed

• seedling

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What is one major difference in the life cycles of the mango tree and the pine tree?

• The fruit and seeds come from the flower of the mango tree.

• The mango and pine trees both make seeds.

• The mango tree grows from a seed.

• The pine tree grows from a seed.