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Plant Life Cycle

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Plant Life Cycle

Ngaio and Tane are planning a small planting project beside the skate park. Explore how a flowering plant grows, then solve the tasks. You can use the life cycle picture to help.

Follow the changes

A plant’s life cycle is a sequence of changes. Use the picture and your science thinking.

1.Put these stages in the order they usually happen. Write 1, 2, 3, or 4 beside each one: flower makes seeds; seed sprouts; young plant grows; seed.
2.Tane sees a tiny root coming out of a seed. What is happening?
  • The seed is beginning to germinate, or sprout.
  • The plant is making a flower.
  • The plant is spreading its seeds.
3.A flowering plant makes seeds. How can those seeds help the plant life cycle begin again?

What helps a plant grow?

Ngaio is choosing a spot for a plant near the skate park. Think about what a young plant needs.

4.Which two things does a plant need to grow well?
  • Water and light
  • Lollies and music
  • Ice and darkness
5.True or false? A seed can start to sprout without water.
TrueFalse
6.A seedling beside the skate park is drooping on a hot, dry day. What is one helpful thing Ngaio could do?

Plant words and careful thinking

Use what you know about plant parts, life cycles, and looking after living things.

7.Match each te reo Māori word to its meaning: kākano; wai; pua. Meanings: flower; water; seed.
  • kākano
  • wai
  • pua
  • water
  • seed
  • flower
8.Which part of a flowering plant can make seeds?
  • Flower
  • Root
  • Leaf
9.Oliver wants to care for a plant growing near the skate park. Write one way he can help keep it safe and healthy.
10.Explain how a flower can help a plant life cycle continue.

3 printable pages

  • Plant Life Cycle, page 1 of 3: Follow the changes

    Page 1

  • Plant Life Cycle, page 2 of 3: What helps a plant grow?, Plant words and careful thinking

    Page 2

  • Plant Life Cycle, page 3 of 3: 9. Oliver wants to care for a plant growing near the skate park. Write one way he can

    Page 3

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