1. Plant
Development
How does a plant
change throughout its
lifetime?
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2. Plants change just like people do!
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3. Phase 1 - Seed
Plants start
as seeds
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4. Phase 2 – Cotyledon
A little bit
of plant is
poking out
of the seed
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5. Phase 3 - Seedling
The baby
plant
reaches
the light
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6. Phase 4 - Vegetative
The plant is
full-sized but
does not
have flowers
or fruit
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7. Phase 5 - Flowering
The plant
produces
flowers to
attract
pollinators
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8. Phase 6 - Fruiting
The plant
produces fruits
that have seeds
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9. Phase 7 - Death
All
plants
die at
some
point
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10. Activity Guide - The Phases
1. Seed – the plant is just a seed planted in the ground.
2. Cotyledon – a little bit of plant and roots are poking
out of the seed. It is still underground though!
3. Seedling – the plant has reached the surface but is still
a baby plant.
4. Vegetative – The plant is its full-size now but it does
not have any flowers or fruit.
5. Flowering – The plant produces flowers to attract
pollinators like bees.
6. Fruiting – The plant produces fruit that have the seeds
to make new plants.
7. Death - Eventually every plant will die.
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