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Life Cycle of Flowering Plants
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This is what happens after germination as the plant produces roots and leaves.
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Flowering plants that take two years to complete their life cycle. They grow and store food during the first year. In the second year, they bloom and produce seeds.
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This occurs when birds, insects, or the wind carries pollen from one plant to another plant.
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This is inside of a seed and used by the plant in its earliest growth stages. (2 words)
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This is what happens after a seed has met its three needs and it begins to break open. Usually this will occur in the spring.
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The withering of a plant and production of seeds after the plant has been pollinated. (2 words)
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These are what are formed inside of a flower or fruit of a plant after the plant has been pollinated.
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Plants, such as trees, bushes, and many flowers, that live for at least three seasons.
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This protects the young plant inside of a seed before the seed germinates. (2 words)
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One of the needs for a seed to germinate. Rain provides plants with this need.
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One of the needs for a seed to germinate. The environment and weather will provide the seed with this need.
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One of the needs for a seed to germinate. This need provides the seed with carbon dioxide.
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A sweet liquid in some flowers that sticks to bees and birds to facilitate cross-pollination.
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A name given to a plant when it is in the very early stages of growth after it has germinated.
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The deposit or transfer of pollen from the stamen to the stigma of flowering and cone-bearing plants.
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This occurs when pollen is transferred from one part of a plant to another part of the same plant.
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Tiny grains that are produced in the stamen part of flowering and cone-bearing plants.

 

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