Life Cycle of Flowering Plants Stage 5 PDF

STAGE 5 Unit focus: Living Things Text focus: Explanation Text Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant...

STAGE 5 Unit focus: Living Things Text focus: Explanation Text Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant Most plants need to be pollinated to reproduce. Flowering plants do this by producing flowers that are designed to en ce insects or other animals towards them, so that they can spread their pollen to other plants. This is why so many flowers are colourful and scented; they are designed to a ract pollinators. Seed Distribution Once the fruit had ripened, the seeds are ready Germination to be distributed. It is vital that they are spread as With enough light and water, the seed will germinate. far as possible. Different plants use many different The emerging shoots need lots of light, but get most of ways to distribute the seeds: wind, water and their nutrients from the seed. animals ea ng them are just a few examples. Growing leaves Fruit As the plant grows, it requires more If a flower is pollinated, it will turn into a nutrients from the soil. If seeds grow too fruit. All flowering plants produce fruit, but close together, they will compete for water not all fruits are edible nor do they all look and nutrients and not grow as strongly. like tradi onal fruits. Some fruits turn into seed pods: you can see this with poppies or marigolds. Pollination Flowering All flowering plants rely on animals or insects to When the flower matures, it will start to produce pollinate them. Mostly, this is done by insects; flowers. These contain both male and female parts. If however, some plants make use of birds. Each flower it is pollinated, this flower will eventually turn into a needs to be pollinated with pollen from another fruit. flower. A ding ro Rea und all resources ©2019 Literacy Shed e um C u r r ic ul Th http://www.literacyshedplus.com  VOCABULARY FOCUS 1. Which word means to create a new generation? 2. What does the word “emerging” mean? 3. Find a word that means “needs”. 4. If a plant “relies” on an insect or bird to do something, what does that mean? 5. What does the word “edible” tell you about something? VIPERS QUESTIONS S What happens to a see a er it has been distributed? R What do all flowering plants produce? I Why do flowers go to so much effort to a ract pollinators? S When does a plant start to produce flowers? R What do seeds need in order to germinate? all resources ©2019 Literacy Shed http://www.literacyshedplus.com