Life Cycles of Plants 1

1. This part of the plant helps to hold it firmly in the ground.
4. The part of a plant that absorbs water from the ground.
7. This part of the plant helps to hold it upright so it can grow upwards towards sunlight.
8. Non-flowering plants such as ferns and mosses reproduce by ...........
9. Plants produce and release this gas during photosynthesis.
11. When spore sacs containing spores are ripe, they burst open and the spores are carried away by the ...........
12. A flower develops from a .......... that is found on the stem of a plant.
13. Water taken in by a plant contains mineral .......... that are dissolved in the water. These help to keep the plant healthy.
15. ........ are plants that do not have any roots.
18. Seeds and spores are ways in which plants ............
19. The process in which a plant begins to grow from a seed or a spore.
20. In many ferns, spores are found on the underside of ..........
21. To gain a better understanding of things, we ........ them into different categories.
22. The classification of living things.

2. Living things are also known as ...........
3. A plant is a living thing that can make its own food by a process known as ...............
5. Plants need the gas, carbon .........., in order to make their own food.
6. Angiosperms are plants that bear ..............
7. Fruits contain ........... which will enable a plant to reproduce.
10. A non-flowering plant that reproduces by seeds. These seeds are 'naked' because they are not contained inside a fruit.
14. This part of a plant takes in and releases gases.
16. In Singapore, there is a large variety of different living things. This is known as ............
17. Under the right conditions, a flower will turn into a ..........
19. Before a fruit ripens, it is usually ............ in colour.