Inspire Science Plants

Pollen that travels to other flowers by birds, insects, other animals, or the wind.

• Anther

• Stigma

• Pollination

• Butterfly

A young plant with 2 leaves.

• Seed

• Seedling

• Flowering plant

• Fruit bearing plant

When a seed starts to grow into a plant.

• Germinate

• Seed

• Fruit

• Flower

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This type of plant reproduces using cones.

• Banana tree

• Ferns

• Conifers

• Orchid

This plant trait varies in flowers like tulips.

• Petal Color

• Shape of flower

• Shape of leaves

• Color of stem

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What is the function of the leaf?

• To absorb water from the ground

• To absorb sunlight and make food

• To absorb nutrients from the soil

• To absorb pollen from pollinatros

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How does a cactus adapt to its environment? Select all that apply.

• It stores water in the stems

• It has waxy skin to help hold in water

• It only has one root

• It has spines to protect it from predators and provide shade for the plant

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Why would a plant have thick, waxy leaves?

• to move water up the plant

• to help store water

• to help it float

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Mistletoe lives off other plants. How does it get what it needs to survive?

• It steals nutrients and water from the tree it grows on

• It gets water and nutrients from the air

• It gets water and nutrients at night through the ground

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Which of the following is NOT a structure of a plant?

• root

• stem

• feet

• flower

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