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Plants. What is a Plant?. A plant is a living thing that makes its own food, using energy from sunlight. Other living things depend on plants for food and for somewhere to live. Do all plants have flowers?. Not all plants have flowers. The simplest kinds of plants do not have flowers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What is a Plant?What is a Plant?A plant is a living thing that makes itsA plant is a living thing that makes itsown food, using energy from sunlight.own food, using energy from sunlight.Other living things depend on plants Other living things depend on plants for food and for somewhere to live.for food and for somewhere to live.
Do all plants have flowers?Do all plants have flowers? Not all plants have flowers.Not all plants have flowers.
The simplest kinds of plants do not The simplest kinds of plants do not have flowers.have flowers.
The simplest plants include mosses, The simplest plants include mosses, ferns, and conifers, such as pine ferns, and conifers, such as pine trees.trees.
Plants without flowersPlants without flowers
MossesMosses
Plants without flowersPlants without flowers
FernsFerns
Plants without flowersPlants without flowers
Conifers: cone-bearing treesConifers: cone-bearing trees
The Flowering PlantsThe Flowering Plants
There are many different There are many different kinds of flowering plants.kinds of flowering plants.
Compared to other plants, Compared to other plants, flowering plants are flowering plants are ““newcomers” on Earth.newcomers” on Earth.
Where do flowering plants grow?Where do flowering plants grow?Flowering plants can grow almostFlowering plants can grow almost
anywhere, from anywhere, from mountainsmountains……
Rock Rose
Where do flowering plants grow?Where do flowering plants grow?……in desertsin deserts
Succulent plants store water in leaves.
Hummingbird feeds on cactus bloom.SaguaroCactus
Where do flowering plants grow?Where do flowering plants grow?They can even grow in water!They can even grow in water!
Amazonian Water Lily
A Plant Is BornA Plant Is Born
The seed coat splits. The root grows downward. A tiny shootThe seed coat splits. The root grows downward. A tiny shootappears, then breaks through the soil to reach sunlight. Theappears, then breaks through the soil to reach sunlight. Thefirst leaves use the sun’s energy to make food for the plant.first leaves use the sun’s energy to make food for the plant.
Bursting into BloomBursting into Bloom
WinterSpring: Seeds germinate
Spring: Plant grows quickly
Summer: Flowers open and are pollinated
Fall: Plant dies and seeds are scattered
A New Plant Is Born!A New Plant Is Born!
The life cycle of the plant begins again The life cycle of the plant begins again with the sprouting of the new seeds!with the sprouting of the new seeds!
Parts of a Flowering PlantParts of a Flowering PlantPlants are fascinating and fun to study. There are many things to learn about plants. Botanists are scientists who work to discover more and more about plants.
Do plants make you wonder about life on Earth?
Do you think there are plants on other planets? Why or why not?
If you want to learn more…If you want to learn more…
If plants “capture” your If plants “capture” your imagination…imagination…
Read! The information Read! The information and many of these and many of these pictures are from pictures are from PlantPlant by David Burnie. by David Burnie. Check it out! Check it out!
Venus Flytrap captures a damselfly.
