Plant Life Cycle Vocab

a fully grown plant that has reached adulthood

• mature plant

• seedling

• stem

• leaves

a change that helps a living thing become better suited to its environment

• adapt

• environment

• adaptation

• pollination

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the upper layer of earth in which plants grow

• pollen

• soil

• glucose

• flower

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the part of a plant that makes seeds which continues the life cycle

• roots

• stem

• life cycle

• flower

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the transfer of pollen to a flower that allows the plant to produce seeds

• pollination

• pollen

• seedling

• environment

the natural home or environment of an animal or plant

• environment

• nutrients

• habitat

• photosynthesis

a small plant embryo enclosed in a covering called a seed coat

• seedling

• seed

• pollen

• leaves

power gotten from another source such as the sun

• nutrients

• environment

• life cycle

• energy

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the process that plants use to make energy and food from sunlight

• photosynthesis

• life cycle

• adapt

• chlorophyll

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the part of a plant that absorbs sunlight and makes food for the plant

• roots

• chlorophyll

• leaves

• stem

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