Life Cycle of a Plant Word Search
A free Life Cycle of a Plant word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: GERMINATION, SEEDLING, ROOTS, STEM, LEAVES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, FLOWER, POLLINATION, FERTILIZATION, FRUIT, DISPERSAL, COTYLEDON.
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Life Cycle of a Plant word list, defined
- GERMINATION /dʒərˈmɪneɪʃən/ · noun
- The process of a plant or seed beginning to grow, or the initial stage of growth. The process of sprouting or beginning to grow, especially of a seed or plant. Related: sprouting, sprout, growth, development.
- SEEDLING /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/ · noun
- A young plant that has just begun to grow from a seed, typically having one or two sets of leaves. Related: sapling, sprout, shoot, youngling.
- ROOTS /rʊts/ · noun, verb
- The underground part of a plant that fixes it in the soil and absorbs water and nutrients. To find or establish the origin or source of something. Related: base, foundation, source, origin.
- STEM /stɛm/ · noun, verb
- The main part of a plant that grows into the leaves, flowers, and fruit. To remove the leaves and flowers from a plant, leaving only the stem. Related: base, root, stalk, trunk.
- LEAVES /liːvz/ · noun, verb
- The parts of a plant that grow from the stem and are typically green and flat. To leave or depart from a place. Related: flees, exits, departs, withdrew.
- PHOTOSYNTHESIS /fɒtəʊsɪnθɪsɪs/ · noun
- The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct. Related: photosynthetic process, chlorophyll synthesis, plant metabolism, carbon fixation.
- FLOWER /ˈflaʊər/ · noun (also verb)
- The blossom of a plant, typically consisting of colorful petals surrounding reproductive organs; also used figuratively to mean the finest or most flourishing stage of something. Related: blossom, bloom, blossoming, floret.
- POLLINATION /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/ · noun
- The transfer of pollen from the male structures of a plant (anthers) to the female structure (stigma) of the same species, enabling fertilization to take place. This process is essential for the reproduction of many plant species. Related: fertilization, pollen transfer, plant reproduction, flowering.
- FERTILIZATION /ˌfɜːrtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ · noun
- The process by which a male gamete (such as sperm) unites with a female gamete (such as an egg) to form a zygote, initiating the development of a new organism; more broadly, the act or process of making something fertile, as in soil enrichment. Related: conception, fecundation, impregnation, insemination.
- FRUIT /fruːt/ · noun
- The sweet, fleshy, seed-bearing product of a plant, especially a tree or bush, that is typically eaten as food; more broadly, the edible reproductive structure of a flowering plant. Related: produce, crop, harvest.
- DISPERSAL /dɪˈspɜːsəl/ · noun
- The act or process of spreading something out, scattering it, or distributing it over a wide area. It also refers to the movement of organisms, seeds, or people away from their place of origin. Related: scattering, dispersion, spread, distribution.
- COTYLEDON /ˌkɒtɪˈliːdən/ · noun
- A cotyledon is the seed leaf of a plant embryo, the first leaf or pair of leaves to emerge during germination, which often stores or absorbs nutrients for the developing seedling. Related: seed leaf.
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