Life Cycles of Florida Plants

Why are fruits so important to the life cycle of a plant?

• They contain Seeds

• They taste good

• They look pretty

• Fruit is not important to the life cycle of plants

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Maple trees and pine trees are both native to Florida. Which of these explains how the life cycle of the pine tree is different from the life cycle of the maple tree?

• Pines produce cones instead of seeds

• Pines produce cones instead of flowers

• Pines produce cones instead of seedlings

• Pines produce cones instead of mature plants

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Rudbeckia plant and the Slash pine tree are both native to Florida. Based on the pictures, what else is true about their life cycles?

• They both produce spores

• They both make seeds

• They both have cones

• They both make fruit

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The bald cypress tree loses its needles in the winter, its seeds are produced similarly to that of the evergreen pine tree. How are pine trees and the bald cypress similar?

• They both produce fruit

• They both have shells

• They both produce cones

• They both produce cones

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How are the life cycles of both flowering and non-flowering plants similar?

• Both develop seeds in a flower

• They both can reproduce in the mature stage of their life cycles

• Both produce fruit

• Both develop fruit after the seeds has been produced

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

• Seed

• Seedling

• Fruit

• Flower

What are the similarities between flowering and non-flowering plants?

• Cones make seeds but flowers don't

• Flowers and cones both produce seeds

• Cones and flowers do not make seeds

• Neither cones nor flowers produce seeds

Orange trees produce fruit. After the fruits of these trees reach the ground, the seeds inside<br>take root and begin to grow their first leaves (seedling). What is the next stage of the life cycle for Orange trees?

• Seed

• Adult

• Seedling

• Flower

Which of these is true about non-flowering plants?

• Non-flowering plants don't contain pollen

• Non-flowering plants don't form fruit

• Non-flowering plants can't be trees

• Non-flowering plants don't make seeds

The picture shows the same stage in the life cycle of orange trees and maple trees. Which stage of the life cyle are these plants in?

• Flowering plants

• Adult trees

• Seed

• Seedling

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