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Plant Growth Process and Botanical Terms Explained

Learn about seed germination, cotyledons, monocots vs. dicots, photosynthesis, and more. Explore plant life cycles from seed to fruit, including the role of butterflies in pollination. Enhance your botanical knowledge today!

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Plant Growth Process and Botanical Terms Explained

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  1. OCTOBER 19, 2012 Survival Guide page 52-53

  2. Questions, p. 59-61 “From Seed to Adult Plant—and Back”

  3. 1. The process by which a seed becomes a plant is called ___. • ANSWER: germination • 2. Seeds are alive but are in a ___ or inactive stage. • ANSWER: dormant • 3. Inside a seed is an ___, which contains the beginnings of a root, a stem, and leaves. • ANSWER: embryo

  4. 4. Also in a seed is an important food-storing tissue called ___. • ANSWER: endosperm • 5. In a seed are one or more seed leaves called ___. • ANSWER: cotyledons • 6. Plants that have seeds with one cotyledon are known as ___. • ANSWER: monocots

  5. 7. Plants that have seeds with two cotyledons are known as ___. • ANSWER: dicots • 8. Give some examples of monocot seeds. • ANSWER: grains like wheat, rice and corn • 9. Give some examples of dicot seeds. • ANSWER: beans

  6. 10. The cotyledon of which type of plant never emerges from the soil? • ANSWER: monocots • 11. In dicots, when do the cotyledons wither and die? • ANSWER: as soon as true leaves form and begin to function • 12. Plants can manufacture their own food in a process known as ___. • ANSWER: photosynthesis

  7. 13. After flowers are pollinated, what process occurs to create a new seed? • ANSWER: fertilization • 14. As flowers wither, what develops around the seed? • ANSWER: fruit • 15. What are 3 purposes of the fruit? • ANSWER: 1. provides protective covering for seeds 2. supports development of seeds 3. aids in seed dispersal

  8. 16.Draw and label the parts of a seed (LM p. 60) 17.Draw and write the caption for germination

  9. LET’S SEE WHAT YOU KNOW?

  10. What is the name given to the process of a caterpillar changing into a butterfly? • ANSWER: metamorphosis

  11. What must happen to the caterpillar’s skin in order for it to grow? • ANSWER: it must shed it (molt)

  12. What are the three main body parts of an insect? • ANSWER: head, thorax, abdomen

  13. The growth stage of a butterfly larva is called a(n) ____________. • ANSWER: instar

  14. In the life cycle of the cabbage white butterfly what is the stage after the egg hatches? • ANSWER: larva

  15. What are the droppings of the cabbage white larva called? • ANSWER: frass

  16. The transfer of pollen from one plant to another is called ____ • ANSWER: pollination

  17. Is the bean plant you grew a monocot or a dicot? • ANSWER: dicot

  18. What is the name of the food that plants make themselves? • ANSWER: glucose

  19. What do we call the living component of an ecosystem? • ANSWER: community

  20. An organism’s role in its environment is referred to as • ANSWER: niche

  21. What is the genus of Duckweed? • ANSWER: Lemna

  22. Do animals have to have a heart in order to have a pulse? • ANSWER: no (as in the blackworm)

  23. What type of asexual reproduction takes place in the life of Lumbriculus? • ANSWER: Fragmentation and regeneration

  24. Name one important pioneer in the development of the microscope. • ANSWER: • Robert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek

  25. What does an entomologist study? • ANSWER: insects

  26. Let’s play:Who Wants to Win a Million Dollars? - You Quit?!

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