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Plants are extremely important to all forms of life on our planet. Plants use carbon dioxide from the air, water and sunlight to produce food and oxygen.
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= Plant Reproduction = Plants are living things, and all living things need to reproduce. Different plants have different life cycles. Some only live for a very short time during one growing season while others may live a few hundred years like Sequoiatrees in California. The reproductive cycle of a living thing is linked to its life cycle. Like all living things, plants die. Reproduction ensures that living things don't become extinct.

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
A flower may have both male (pollen) and female parts (eggs). The male and female parts join to form a seed which will house the embryo (baby plant). Bees and other pollinators may carry pollen from flower to flower. After the male and female cells join together (fertilization), an embryo (baby plant) starts to develop in a seed within the ovary. The ovary enlarges and turns into a fruit containing the seeds. Fruits vary in colour, size, shape, smell, and many other ways. Some fruits are edible. Many animals help with seed dispersal.
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Ovule: The female part of the flower, which after fertilization develops into a seed. ||
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= Seed Dispersal = After seeds are developed, they need to be dispersed to increase their chance of survival. Most plants use the following methods to disperse their seeds


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Coconuts are dispersed by gravity and water ||
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Dandelion seeds are dispersed by wind. ||
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When the time is right, seeds germinate. ||
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Other Forms of Reproduction
Plants may use other methods to reproduce. These are vegetative or asexual reproduction when the plant produces a clone of itself without seeds. Plants can also use bulbs, tubers, etc. for food storage and help the plants survive.

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