Unit-3

The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant

Answer the questions.

1. How many main stages are there in the cycle of the flowering plant
and name them.
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2. Draw the life cycle of flowering plants.

3. What is the life cycle of flowering plant?

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4. Explain each stage of the life cycle of flowering plant.

(a) Seeds
(b) Seedlings
(c) Young Plant
(d) Adult Plant

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5. Name four main ways of seed dispersal.

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6. How do seeds disperse by the wind?

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7. How do seeds disperse by explosion?

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8. How do seeds dispersed by animals and birds?

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9. How dos seeds disperse by water?

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10. What is nectar?

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11. Write the process of pollination.
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12. Why is nectar important ?

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13. Draw the structure of stamen and carpel.

14. Draw the parts of the flower.

15. What is stamen?

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16. What is carpel?
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17. What is pollination ?

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18. Draw the following stages.

(a) Seed dispersal
(b) Germination
(c) Pollination
(d) Seed production

Parts of a flower

1. _______________= the bright part of a flower that attracts insects

2. _______________= the part that makes pollen
3. _______________ = holds the anther in place
4. _______________= contains the eggs and becomes the fruit with
seeds
5. _______________ = protects the flower before it opens
6. _______________ = the sticky part of the flower that receives pollen
7. _______________ = link the ovary and the stigma
8. _______________= the male part of the flower