PREPARED BY :
MR. MOHAMED
EZZ
Grade 6 Science
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1-Identifying How Plants Reproduce.
2-Differentiating between Sexual and Asexual
Reproduction In Plants.
3-Identifying Life Cycle Of Moss Plant.
4-Answering questions about Parts Of The Flower.
INTRODUCTION
*You Will Know more about
Reproduction In Plants and
Parts Of The Flower.
-Seed are typically found inside the fruit, often in the central part.
-Their main purpose is reproduction.
Q:Explain 2 methods of plant reproduction?
-When a seed, like ones from the fruits and vegetables is planted in healthy soil and gets
plenty of water and sunlight, it can grow into an adult plant.
-Some plants reproduction requires a sperm cell fertilizing an egg cell for a new organism to
begin.
-Other plants need pollination by animals (when their seeds are carried by animals to a new
plant).
Q:What are the requirements for a plant to ensure a successful reproduction?
-Plants have evolved specialized structures over time.
-Different types of plants have different structures and methods that help them reproduce.
Q:What is the goal of plant reproduction?
-But the goal is the same: to produce new generations of life.
The Life Cycle of a Moss Plant (Non-Vascular and seedless plant)
-It has a complex life cycles that include two different stages: the sporophyte & gametophyte.
-During the sporophyte stage, a plant produces the spores that will eventually develop into
gametophytes.
-During the gametophyte stage, male and female gametophytes produce sex cells that will
eventually be involved in the process of fertilization, which occurs when a sperm cell unites
with an egg cell to produce a new organism.
Steps of Life Cycle of a Moss Plant (Non-Vascular and seedless plant)
1-The sporophytes release spores that grow into male and female gametophytes.
2-These gametophytes produce the sperm and egg cells that are needed for a zygote, or
fertilized egg, to form and develop into a new Sporophyte.
Note:
-The life stages of seedless vascular plants, such as ferns, are similar to nonvascular plants in
some ways.
gametophyte
Sporophyte
Life Cycle of a Fern Plant (Another Non-Vascular and seedless plant)
-The life stages of seedless vascular plants, such as ferns, are similar to nonvascular plants in
some ways.
-Sporophytes produce spores that develop into gametophytes.
-But fern gametophytes have both male and female structures that produce sex cells.
-When a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, a new sporophyte begins to develop.
-Sporophytes produce spores
that develop into gametophytes.
Life Cycle of a gymnosperms Plant (Vascular plant)
-In gymnosperms gametophytes develop inside structures within a larger sporophyte inside
cones.
-The male gametophyte is called pollen (It contains cells that will mature into sperm cells).
-The female gametophyte is called egg.
-For reproduction to occur, pollen must travel to the female gametophyte so it can fertilize egg
cells.
Life Cycle of an angiosperms Plant (Another Vascular plant)
-In angiosperm gametophytes develop inside flowers.
-The male gametophyte is called pollen (It contains cells that will mature into sperm cells).
-The female gametophyte is called egg.
-For reproduction to occur, pollen must travel to the female gametophyte so it can fertilize egg
cells.
What is Pollination
-It is process of transferring pollen from male reproductive structures to female reproductive
structures in plants.
-Pollination must occur in these plants before fertilization can occur.
-As they are responsible For reproduction of the plant.
-For reproduction to occur, pollen must travel to the female gametophyte so it can fertilize
egg cells.
Q:Explain why there is so much variety in the different plant types?
-Reproduction is one of the reasons why there is so much variety in the different plant types.
Q:What are types of reproduction in plants?
-Sexual (Requires both male and female cells).
-Asexual reproduction (Requires a single plant).
Q:What is the dominant way that plants reproduce through?
-Sexual reproduction is the dominant way that plants reproduce.
Q:Explain how a plant can reproduce Asexually?
-New plants can grow from the roots, leaves, or stems of a parent plant.
-If conditions are favorable, a single plant can quickly spread by producing many exact copies
of itself.
-New plants can grow from the roots, leaves, or stems of a parent plant.
-If conditions are favorable, a single plant can quickly spread by producing many
exact copies of itself.
-It is Asexual reproduction.
Q:Compare between Male and Female Cones in figure 5?
-Male cones, such as the ones to the right, hold pollen.
-Female cones, such as the two shown below, open when the weather is warm and dry; They
close when conditions are cold and wet.
Q:Mention some examples of Gymnosperms trees?
-Gymnosperms Trees such as pines, redwoods, firs, cedars, and hemlocks
Q:What are the common characteristics for many Gymnosperms trees?
Q:Mention the characteristics that set the Gymnosperms apart from other vascular plants?
-Many gymnosperms have needle-like leaves and deep roots.
-They all have cones and unprotected seeds.
Q:Identify the reproductive organs in the following gymnosperms plant?
-Cones; which are the reproductive structures of gymnosperms.
-Male cones hold pollen, whereas the female cone has an ovule, the structure holding the egg.
Q:Explain the function of Male and female cones in the plant’s reproduction?
Q:Explain how reproduction takes place in cones?
-The female cone also makes a sticky substance on the outside of the cone, needed for
pollination.
-Pollen from the male cone is light enough to be carried by the wind.
-When the wind blows, pollen may land on the sticky female cone.
-When this happens, the egg may become fertilized.
-The ovule seals off and the zygote develops into a plant embryo in the seed.
Note:
-Seeds can remain in the female cone for a few years, until they mature.
-Once the female cone matures, the scales open, exposing the seeds.
-Opening helps the female cone to
receive the pollen.
-Closing helps the zygote inside to
develop into a plant embryo in the seed.
Q:What are the flower parts and what is their function?
-Petals are usually the most colorful parts of a flower and animals are attracted by their color
and scent.
-Stamen is the male reproductive part of a flower, pollen is produced in the anther, at the top
of the stalklike filament.
-Pistil is the female reproductive parts of a flower; it consists of a sticky stigma, a slender tube
called the style, and a hollow structure called the ovary at the base.
-Sepals are the small leaflike of a flower; They protect the developing flower.
Q:All angiosperms share two important characteristics. Explain?
-They all produce flowers and fruits that contain seeds.
Complete:
-The angiosperm life cycle begins when pollen forms in the flower's anthers.
Solve
Animals
Stamens
Pollen
Pistils
-Petals are usually the most
colorful parts of a flower
and animals are attracted by
Sepals
their color and scent.
Ovary
What is Seed Dispersal
-It is scattering of seeds away from the parent plant as the are carried away by animals; wind;
water.
-Fruits are the means by which angiosperm seeds are dispersed.
Q:Explain when Germination occurs?
-Germination occurs when the embryo sprouts out of the seed.
-Seeds dispersed far from the parent plant have a better chance of surviving.
-Distance keeps the new plant from competing with the parent plant for light, water, and
nutrients.
Zygote
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