Life Cycle of Plants Review

A maple tree and a pine tree are growing in my backyard. Which of the following

correctly explains how the life cycle of a pine tree is different from the life cycle of

maple tree?

• A pine produces cones instead of mature plants.

• A pine tree produces cones instead of seedlings.

• A pine tree produces cones instead of flowers.

• A pine produces cones instead of seeds.

Black-eyed Susans are native to Florida. Since it has flowers, what else is true about its life cycle?

• it makes fruit

• it has cones

• it produces spores

• it makes seeds

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Although the fir tree loses its needles in the winter, its seeds are produced of the evergreen pine tree.

How are fir tree seeds and pine tree seeds similar?

• They have a shell

• They produce fruit

• They produce cones

• They produce bulbs

How are the life cycles of both

flowering and nonflowering seed-producing plants the same?

• 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?

• flower

• fruit

• seed

• seedling

Which observations would I most likely write in the last two boxes?

• Cones make seeds and flowers make seeds.

• Cones make seeds and flowers do not make seeds.

• Cones do not make seeds and flowers do not make seeds.

• Cones do not make seeds and flowers do make seeds.

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Citrus Trees produce fruit. After the fruits of these trees reach the ground, the seeds inside take root and begin to grow their first leaves. What is the next stage of the life cycle for citrus trees? (Hint-it already has grown leaves on its branches)

• seedling

• flower

• seed

• adult

Which statement is true for all non-flowering plants?

• Non-flowering plants don't contain seeds.

• Non-flowering plants don't contain pollen.

• Non-flowering plants cannot be trees.

• Non-flowering plants don't form fruit.

Which stage is pictured here?

• adult trees

• seed

• seedling

• flowering plants

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I planted two trees. One is a peach tree and one is a pine tree. They have similarities and differences. What is one major difference in the life cycles of the my peach tree and my pine tree?

• The pine tree grows from a seed

• The peach tree grows from a seed.

• The peach and pine trees both make seeds.

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

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