Summary

Goals

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.

Summary

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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