PlantScience

Plant Science

Unit Concepts

Know that reproduction is a characteristic of all living things and is essential to the continuation of a species.
Understand sexual and asexual reproduction.
Identify how plants obtain energy to grow and reproduce.
Understand how plants react to internal and external stimuli (light and water).
Know that natural selection leads to organisms that are well suited for survival in particular environments (Venus flytraps, sun dews - adaptation)
Familiar with the classification of plants (vascular, non-vascular).
Describe, compare, and contrast monocot and dicot seed plants.
Explain the process of photosynthesis.
List, locate, describe the parts of a flower and can relate how each part relates to reproduction.

Key Vocabulary

algae

alternate

angiosperm

anther

base

blade

carbon dioxide

compound

cotyledon

egg

embryo

endosperm

entire

epicotyl

fern

fertilize

filament

germinate

gymnosperm

hypocotyl

margin

monocotyledon

moss

non-vascular

opposite

ovary

oxygen

petiole

phloem

photosynthesis

pistil

pollen

pollinate

producer

radicle

respiration

seed coat

simple

sperm

stamen

stigma

style

vascular

xylem

Lessons and Activities

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algae	alternate	angiosperm	anther
base	blade	carbon dioxide	compound
cotyledon	egg	embryo	endosperm
entire	epicotyl	fern	fertilize
filament	germinate	gymnosperm	hypocotyl
margin	monocotyledon	moss	non-vascular
opposite	ovary	oxygen	petiole
phloem	photosynthesis	pistil	pollen
pollinate	producer	radicle	respiration
seed coat	simple	sperm	stamen
stigma	style	vascular	xylem