- Knowing the basic structure of plants.
- Understanding the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction.
- Understanding what vegetation zones are.
- Identifying some plants from each of the vegetation zones.
- Learning to identify plants using the internet and botanical manuals.
The main parts of a plant are the roots, the stem, and the leaves.- The conducting tissue transports water from the plant's roots to its leaves and sugar from the leaves to the roots.
- Plants can reproduce sexually by producing seeds.
- Plants typically also reproduce asexually by using runners, tubers, or spores.
- The plants of the beach have adapted to live in different areas.
- Beach plants are land plants that like wet conditions. The alder tree is a beach plant.
- Aerial shoot plants grow partly over the surface of the water. They have stiff, long shoots. The reed is an aerial shoot plant.
- Floating-leaf plants grow under water, but their leaves float on the water's surface. The water lily is a floating-leaf plant.
- Submerged plants live completely under water. They have thin leaves and a flexible stem. The perfoliate pondweed is a submerged plant.
- Key words: sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, zones, beach plants, aerial shoot plants, floating-leaf plants, submerged plants.
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