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What is a seed made of?What is a seed made of?

A seed is made of a young plant inside A seed is made of a young plant inside the seed called the the seed called the embryo and foodembryo and food..

2. Where are seeds 2. Where are seeds found?found?

Seeds are found in Seeds are found in cones and fruitcones and fruit..

Seeds in fruitSeeds in fruit

3. What do cone bearing 3. What do cone bearing and flowering plants and flowering plants form? form?

Cone bearing and flowering plants form Cone bearing and flowering plants form seedsseeds..

4. The seeds of a pine 4. The seeds of a pine tree form where?tree form where?

They form between the They form between the scalesscales of its of its cones.cones.

5. 5. FlowersFlowers are the are the reproductive parts of reproductive parts of plants.plants.

6. The male parts of the 6. The male parts of the flower form flower form pollen pollen and the and the female parts form female parts form eggseggs..

PollenPollen

7. What is the part of the 7. What is the part of the flowering plant that flowering plant that contains and protects contains and protects seeds?seeds? The The fruitfruit contains and protects the seeds. contains and protects the seeds.

8. What are 4 things a 8. What are 4 things a plant needs to survive?plant needs to survive?

A plant needs A plant needs air, nutrients, water, and air, nutrients, water, and light.light. http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/rwes/dward/plantquest/plantquest_files/what_does_a_plant_need_to_grow.htmhttp://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/teachers/rwes/dward/plantquest/plantquest_files/what_does_a_plant_need_to_grow.htm

9. What does air contain 9. What does air contain that plants need?that plants need?

Air contains Air contains carbon dioxidecarbon dioxide..

10. Soil provides the 10. Soil provides the plant with what?plant with what?

Soil provides most plants with needed Soil provides most plants with needed nutrientsnutrients, which are substances such as , which are substances such as minerals that all living things need to minerals that all living things need to grow. grow.

11. How do plants take in 11. How do plants take in water?water?

Most plants take in water by the Most plants take in water by the rootsroots; ; some plants take in water through their some plants take in water through their leavesleaves. .

12. Carbon dioxide is taken 12. Carbon dioxide is taken in and _______by tiny holes in in and _______by tiny holes in the underside of leaves.the underside of leaves.

Carbon dioxide is taken in and Carbon dioxide is taken in and given offgiven off by tiny holes in the underside of leaves.by tiny holes in the underside of leaves.

13. A plant makes its 13. A plant makes its food by a process called food by a process called __.__.

PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis

14. In order for 14. In order for photosynthesis to take photosynthesis to take place a plant needs what?place a plant needs what?

A plant needs A plant needs light, carbon dioxide, light, carbon dioxide, water, and water.water, and water.

15. Give an example of 15. Give an example of plant adaptation: plant adaptation:

Water lilies capture sunlight through the Water lilies capture sunlight through the flat pads that float on the surface of the flat pads that float on the surface of the water.water.

Cactus is adapted for dry climates by Cactus is adapted for dry climates by using its using its thick stemthick stem for water storage. for water storage.