SCIENCE CHAPTER 1 STUDY GUIDE

How Plants Grow

Name ___________________         **Test on ___________

*Use your science textbook to help you review for your test.  Most of the information can be found on pages X – A29.

• Know these plant parts and their functions:

seeds           leaves          flowers        stems           roots            fruit

• Be able to compare plant parts such as leaves and seeds.  How are they similar and different?

• Know the difference between simple, compound, and needle leaves.

• Know how to draw the life cycle of a flowering plant like a tomato plant.

• Be able to label the three parts of a seed:  embryo, seed coat, stored food

•  Know what a seed needs in order to germinate.

• What are the needs of plants?

• Be able to write about how a seed may be scattered.

• Explain the process of photosynthesis.

• Explain the terms observe, classify, and predict.