Starter quiz
- A life cycle is…
- the way an animal is born.
- what happens to an animal’s body after it dies.
- the way in which a living thing changes throughout its life. ✓
- the amount of time a living thing is alive after it is born.
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Which part of a plant contains the parts used for reproduction?- flower ✓
- stem
- leaf
- root
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What is seed formation?- when seeds are planted in soil
- when seeds develop inside an ovary ✓
- when flowers die and the seeds drop off the plant
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- Seeds are formed inside the ovaries of flowering plants. Where are the ovaries?
- at the base of flowers ✓
- on the tips of leaves
- inside the roots
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When pollen is transferred from one flower to a stigma of another flower by animals or the wind, it is called…- pollination. ✓
- fertilisation.
- pollen dispersal.
- seed formation.
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- What is germination?
- when pollen from a male part of a flower lands on a female part
- when pollen reaches the ovary of a flower
- when a plant’s seeds are spread away from itself
- when a seed first begins to grow ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which diagram would be used to show the stages in a living thing’s life cycle?
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Plants are living things that can grow (get bigger) and ______ (create offspring).- 'reproduce' ✓
Starting with the point at which a plant first begins growing from a seed, order the stages in a flowering plant’s life cycle.- 1⇔germination
- 2⇔growing and flowering
- 3⇔pollination
- 4⇔fertilisation and seed formation
- 5⇔seed dispersal
- We can find out more about plant life cycles by observing plants over time or carrying out ______ using secondary sources.
- 'research' ✓
- Match the name of the plant life cycle stage to what happens during that stage.
- germination⇔the seed starts to grow ✓
- pollination⇔pollen from a male anther is transferred to a female stigma ✓
- fertilisation⇔pollen travels from the stigma to the ovary ✓
- seed formation⇔seeds are made inside the ovary of a flower ✓
- seed dispersal⇔seeds are spread away from the parent plant ✓
- Which of these stages of the flowering plant life cycle needs either animals or wind in order to happen?
- germination
- growing and flowering
- pollination ✓
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Key learning points
- Plants are living things that grow and reproduce
- Flowering plant life cycle stages include: germination, growing, pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
- Scientific diagrams are used to show the stages in a life cycle
- Life cycles of different plants can be observed over time and/or researched using secondary sources of information
Common misconception
Pupils may confuse pollination and seed dispersal, as both involve something from the flower being moved from one place to another.
Explain that each of these processes happen at different times and have different purposes. Pollination happens before seeds have formed and leads to fertilisation whereas seed dispersal spreads the fully formed seeds away from the parent plant.
Keywords
Life cycle - A life cycle is the way in which a living thing changes throughout its life.
Germination - Germination is when a plant starts to grow from a seed.
Pollination - Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same species.
Fertilisation - Fertilisation happens when pollen from a male anther reaches a female ovary in a flower.
Seed dispersal - Seed dispersal is the way seeds are spread out from their parent plant.