LIFE CYCLE OF PLANTS

Unit 3 – Science Fusion

 What is a life cycle?
• The stages an
organism or living
thing goes through
during its life. The
stages form a cycle
that repeats again
and again.

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How does the life cycle of a plant
begin?
• Most plants come from seeds. A seed
germinates when it breaks open and a small
plant grows out of it.
 FLOWERS
• A flower is the part of some
plants when they become
adults. The flower enables
them to reproduce (make
more plants similar to
themselves)
• Flowers have male and
femal parts that are
involved in reproduction.
 Seedling: it is the
tiny new plant that Adult Plant: the
comes out of the seedling grows into
seed. an adult plant.

Seed: it has a hard

outer covering to
protect it.

Fruit: flowers fall off the

plant and the plant
makes a fruit. The fruit
holds the seeds.
 CONES
• Some plants make seeds without flowers.
Their seeds form in cones.
• Cones are the parts of some seed plants
where reproduction occurs. Cones do not
develop into fruit.
 POLLEN
• It is a powder-like material involved in plant
reproduction. Plants that make seeds also
make pollen.
 POLLINATION
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• It happens when pollen is moved from the

male plant part to the female plant part.
• The environment around a plant helps in
pollination.
• Wind, water, and animals help move the
pollen from plant to plant.
 The pistil is the
female part. The
seeds form in
here!

The stamen is the

male part.
Seeds are carried to new areas thanks
to water, wind, and animals. Look at
some examples:

• Birds eat fruit, the seeds will

pass through its body. The seeds
may be left in a new place.

• Seeds may float in the wind and

moved to new ground.
 SPORES
• Spores are reproductive structures that can
grow into new plants.
• Ferns are one type of plant that reproduces
using spores. They have leaves called FRONDS.
Each frond has smaller leaves.
 SPORES
• Moss is another type of plant that reproduces
using only spores. Mosses are small, soft
plants. They usually grow in damp (wet)
places.