The Plant Kingdom: SOL 5.5: Kingdoms of Living Things

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The Plant Kingdom

SOL 5.5: Kingdoms of Living Things


The Plant Kingdom
This kingdom has organisms that
are multi-cellular, have cell walls
and chlorophyll, produce their
own food, and dont physically
move from one place to another.
The Plant Kingdom
Vascular
Non-Vascular
Photosynthesis
Plant Cell
Parts of a Flower
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Non-Vascular
plants that do not have tubes to
carry water up the plant or tubes
to carry food made in the leaves
down the plant
Examples:
mosses
liverworts
ferns
hornworts
Non-Vascular
Spore: the reproductive cell of a
nonvascular plant
SPORES!
Non-Vascular
Moss
Non-Vascular
Liverwort
Non-Vascular
Fern
Non-Vascular
Hornwort
Vascular
Plants that have tubes to carry
water up and food down the plant
Examples:
American dogwood tree
roses
grass
Vascular
American dogwood tree
Vascular
Roses
Vascular
Grass
Photosynthesis
Plant cells produce their own
food through a process called
photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis allows plants to
convert light energy into food
energy.
Parts of a Flower
Male Parts
Female Parts
Parts of a Flower
Male Parts
Female Parts
The stamen consists of two parts: the anther and the filament.
The filament holds the anther.
The anther produces and carries the pollen.
Parts of a Flower
Male Parts
Female Parts
The pistil consists of three parts: the stigma, style, and ovary.
The stigma is the sticky part that traps and holds the pollen.
The style is the tube-like structure that holds up the stigma.
The ovary and the ovule are at the bottom of the style.
Parts of a Flower
Male Parts
Female Parts
The petals attract pollinators.
(bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, for example)
Parts of a Flower
Male Parts
Female Parts
The sepals are the green petal-like parts at the base of the
flower. Sepals help protect the developing bud.
Plant Cell
nucleus
cell wall
cell membrane
vacuoles
chloroplasts
cytoplasm
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