Germination is the growing of the seed into a plant.
The seed leaves showing the start of germination
1) Stage 1 – The Seed A bean seed will soon grow and become into a bean plant.
2) Stage 2 – The Root Emerges The first root (the radicle) pokes through the seed coat and grows downward. 3) Stage 3 – The Stem Emerges The root grows, and the part near the seed pokes through the soil (it will be the stem).
4) Stage 4 – First Leaf Emerges The first true leaves emerge from between the cotyledons. 5) Stage 5 – The Plant The stem straightens out and the shoot sprouts leaves
The New Bean Plant The seed grows into a plant. The baby plant leaves have emerged from the cotyledons and the straight stem holds the leaves
Plants need air, water and sunlight to grow strong and healthy. They use these things to make food which is stored differently and can be used in many ways. They are used as: our food, to decorate our homes and gardens with flowering plants. Some are used in medicine. We get wood to build homes and we make clothes from plants as well.
1. Food – Different parts of the plant are used as food. The main parts are a) Leaves b) Stems c) Roots d) Seeds e) Flowers f) Fruits
a) Leaves – We eat the leaves of plants such as lettuce and cabbage.
b) Stems – We eat stems and leaves of plants such as spinach, celery and sugar cane.
c) Roots – we eat roots of plants such as carrots, cassava, and radish.
d) Seeds – We eat many seed of plants such as peas, beans, corn and rice.
The Essay on Seed And Gardenia
Vascular or nonvascular? My plant is vascular because it has true roots, stems, and leaves. It has a system for transporting food and water. My plant has tube –like structures that provide support and circulate water and food throughout the plant. Monocot or Dicot? My plant is a dicot because it’s flowers have either four or five petals or multiples of these numbers. The leaves are wide with ...
e) Flowers – We eat the flowers of many plants such as broccoli and cauliflower.
f) Fruits – We eat the fruits/vegetables of plants such as orange, tomatoes, melongene, ochro , pumpkin , apple and many others.
2) Medicine – Some plants are used as medicine such as Aloe Vera, Garlic , Ginger, Guava , Lemon , Neem , Nooni and many other local others.
3) Decoration – Many decorative plants are used in homes and flower gardens such as carnation , rose , petunias , chaconia, daisy’s, tulip’s and many more
4) Clothes – There are many plants used as clothing or for making clothing such as cotton, flax, bamboo and mulberry.
5) Building Material – Plants used as building materials range from that such as oak , teak, bamboo and palm.
