Life Cycle of Flowering Plants

What is the first step in the life cycle of a flowering plant?

• Pollination

• Fertilizer

• Sunlight

• Bees

What makes flowers important to a plant?

• They are vibrant and beautiful.

• They make the plant smell good.

• They allow a plant to reproduce.

True or false? Only some plants have flowers.

• True

• False

As a plant is fertilized, the ovary wall develops into a fruit or pod to protect the seed.

• True

• False

There are two main ways that flowers are pollinated. What are they?

• By birds and the ocean.

• By insects and by the wind.

• By the ocean and the rain.

• By insects and birds.

True or false. Pollination occurs when the pollen produced on the the anther of a flower moves to the stigma.

• True

• False

In order for a plant's seeds to grow into healthy new plants, the seeds must be dispersed. What does it mean to disperse something?

• To place it neatly

• To throw it away

• To water it heavily

• To spread around from each other and a parent source

How are seeds dispersed? Select all that are true.

• Animals

• Wind

• Water

• Exploding pods

When a seed settles in suitable ground, it breaks open and the embryo starts to grow. This part of the Life Cycle of Flowering Plants is called ___________.

• Seed rooting

• Germination

• Fertilization

• Photosynthesis

The leaves and stem of a plant allow the plant to make food through a process known as _________________?

• Germination

• Synthesis

• Pollination

• Photosynthesis