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