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Strange Plants – corpse flower

Welwitschia Mirabilis Estimated lifespan is 400 to 1500 years

Dragon Fruit Strawberry and pear flavor

Why do we need plants to eat?

We need plants to eat

Plant Characteristics Photosynthesis is the process plants use to make food from carbon dioxide and energy from the sun

Plant Cell Structure

Plant Characteristics Chlorophyll is the green pigment that captures energy from the sun

Plant Reproduction Fern Plants make spores in the sporophyte stage

Plant Reproduction When the spores of some plants grow, the new plants called gametophytes

Gametophyte Stage The fertilized egg of a gametophyte grows into a sporophyte

Reproduction in Plants Sporophyte Produce spores (cloning) Gametophytes Production and fertilization of sex cells Stage 1 Stage 2

Plant Classification Nonvascular Plants are plants without specialized conducting tissues Liverwort is an example of a nonvascular plant

Plant Classification Vascular Plants have tissues to deliver water and nutrients from one part of the plant to the other Fern is an example of a seedless vascular plant

Vascular Plants Gymnosperm is a vascular seed plant that does not flower

Vascular Plant Angiosperm is a flowering plant with seeds inside a fruit

Parts of a Vascular plant Roots Stems Xylem Phloem Leaves Epidermis Spongy layer Palisade layer

Origin of Plants Same kind of Chlorophyll Similar Cell Walls Photosynthesis Store energy in the form of starch Two stage life cycle

Blue Worksheet Plants Have two life stages which include the Can be Classified as You can do the rest

Food for Thought “ Plants do photosynthesis, a complicated process, and without plants, we'd all be dead.” Pamela Ronald