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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Plants
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The flower is the ____ organ of a flowering plant.
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The recycling of leaves. The dead leaves are used to fertilize the soil.
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The part of a tree that is above the trunk and consists of branches, twigs, and leaves.
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Some trees have a ____, which is a main root and much larger than the other roots of the tree.
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This part of a plant holds the plant in place.
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Simple plants absorb what they need directly from the ____.
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A dusty powder that is produced in the stamen.
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These types of trees lose their leaves every year.
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The ____ plant has leaves that are filled with juice. An insect falls and drowns in the juice. This plant then turns the insect into liquid and uses it as food.
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A plant-like organism that lives in the water. They are an important source of food for many water creatures and also generate a lot of oxygen.
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A part of some flowers that forms around a seed.
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____ plants steal foods from other plants.
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A common type of fungus. Some of these can be eaten, however many are poisonous.
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During photosynthesis, a plant absorbs ____, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.
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You can determine the age of a tree by counting the ___ on the stump. (2 words)
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A type of evergreen, parasitic plant. It has small, greenish flowers and white berries.
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The sticky top of the pistil where pollination occurs when pollen from another flower gets stuck on this.
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Most carnivorous plants like to eat these.
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The roots of trees protect against erosion by holding the ____ in place.
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This is what happens after a seed has met its three needs and it begins to break open. Usually this will occur in the spring.
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One of the four things that plants need. The sun provides plants with this need.
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This is inside of a seed and used by the plant in its earliest growth stages. (2 words)
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This protects the young plant inside of a seed before the seed germinates. (2 words)

 

Answer Key
1F
2R
UIT
3P
ARASITI
4C
E
OP
5M
USHROOMR
6C
PO
7W
A
8T
ER
ODAO
9G
10R
OWTHRINGSUPW
OTCRN
O
11M
ISTL
12E
TOE
13S
TIGMANINO
14P
S
15D
GVVTO
16P
EEIL
17I
NSECTSR
18S
OIL
TIOE
19A
CD
20G
ERMINATION
21L
IGHTUM
GEO
22S
TOREDFOOD
ARUN
E
23S
EEDCOAT