Ex:  roots take in water and nutrients from the soil

Stem- holds and supports the plant, sucks up the water and nutrients and carries it to other parts of the flower

Leaf- uses sunlight to make the food (photosynthesis)

Flower- makes seeds and attracts pollinators (bees and insects)

2.  How are seeds scattered?

Animals and wind

3.  A person who studies plants is a botanist.

4. The baby plant inside a seed is an embryo.

5.  What happens when a plant's flowers are removed?

It doesn't produce (make) seeds.

6. Know these words:

Pollination- insects carry pollen from flower to flower to make seeds

Animal dispersal- animals transferring the seeds from one place to another

Germination- when a plant starts to grow

Wind dispersal- the wind blows the seeds from one place to another

7.  Know the parts of a seed.

8.  Know the parts of a flower.

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