A life cycle is the way in which a living thing changes  throughout its life.

Germination is when a plant starts to grow from a seed.

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same species.

Fertilisation happens when pollen from a male anther reaches a female ovary in a flower.

Seed dispersal is the way seeds are spread out from their parent plant.

Plant life cycles

Science

In this Reproduction and life cycles: plants unit, pupils learn to describe the life process of reproduction in some plants. In the Evolution and inheritance unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents

In the What plants do and what they need unit, pupils learnt to explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants. In this Reproduction and life cycles: plants unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to describe the life processes of reproduction in some plants

Reproduction and life cycles: plants

Which diagram would be used to show the stages in a living thing’s life cycle?

Plants are living things that can grow (get bigger) and {{}} (create offspring).

Starting with the point at which a plant first begins growing from a seed, order the stages in a flowering plant’s life cycle.

We can find out more about plant life cycles by observing plants over time or carrying out {{}} using secondary sources.

pollen from a male anther is transferred to a female stigma

pollen travels from the stigma to the ovary

seeds are made inside the ovary of a flower

seeds are spread away from the parent plant

Match the name of the plant life cycle stage to what happens during that stage.

Which of these stages of the flowering plant life cycle needs either animals or wind in order to happen?

what happens to an animal’s body after it dies.

the way in which a living thing changes throughout its life.

the amount of time a living thing is alive after it is born.

Which part of a plant contains the parts used for reproduction?

when flowers die and the seeds drop off the plant

Seeds are formed inside the ovaries of flowering plants. Where are the ovaries?

When pollen is transferred from one flower to a stigma of another flower by animals or the wind, it is called…

when pollen from a male part of a flower lands on a female part

when pollen reaches the ovary of a flower

when a plant’s seeds are spread away from itself

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Plant life cycles

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.