Life Cycle
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. plant
A. To make something different
2. soil
B. The star our planet orbits
3. sprout
C. Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
4. life
D. To pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
5. water
E. The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
6. shoot
F. An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
7. cycle
G. The act of ___ at targets
8. rain
H. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain
9. bean
I. The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
10. sun
J. The time between birth and death; what living things have
11. root
K. The production of crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
12. grow
L. A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
13. stem
M. Water falling from clouds
14. change
N. Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn
15. leaf
O. A small hard fruit (plural)
16. growing
P. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
17. leaves
Q. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
18. seeds
R. Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food