Science Vocabulary
Grade 3 Leila Woodson Wingo School
Life cycle
• All of the stages in an organism’s life
Embryo
• A young plant that is just beginning to grow.
Germinate
• To begin to grow
HeredityPassing characteristics from parent to offspring.
Color is a characteristic that is passed from the parent to offspring.
Flowering Plants
Plants that produce seeds in flowers..
Conifers
• Trees that produce seeds in cones.
Some conifers are
• Pine trees • Spruce trees
Pollen
Powdery material that is needed by eggs to make seeds.
Ways pollen can get to eggs to make seeds: • Wind • Insects
• Birds
CuttingsA piece of plant that is cut off a parent plant for a new plant to grow.
Bulb
An underground stem