Life Cycle
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
p
l
Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food
2.
s
i
The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
3.
s
r
t
Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
4.
l
f
The time between birth and death; what living things have
5.
w
e
Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain
6.
s
o
The act of ___ at targets
7.
c
l
An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
8.
r
a
Water falling from clouds
9.
b
e
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
10.
r
o
The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
11.
g
w
To pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
12.
s
t
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
13.
c
a
g
To make something different
14.
l
e
The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
15.
g
i
g
The production of crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
16.
l
a
s
Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn
17.
s
e
A small hard fruit (plural)