A plant's life is a continuous cycle of growth, reproduction, and renewal, beginning as a tiny seed containing an embryo that germinates, sending roots down and a shoot up towards sunlight for photosynthesis, creating food for its development. As it matures, it produces flowers for reproduction, often aided by wind or insects for pollination, leading to the formation of new seeds within fruits or pods. Finally, the plant eventually wilts and dies, releasing these seeds to start the entire process anew, ensuring the continuation of plant life and its vital role in providing oxygen and food for other organisms.
- Seed & Germination: Life starts in a dormant seed; warmth, water, and light trigger germination, breaking the seed coat and forming roots and a shoot.
- Growth & Photosynthesis: The shoot grows leaves and a stem, turning sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into energy (food) through photosynthesis, establishing the plant.
- Reproduction: Mature plants develop flowers with male (stamen) and female (pistil) parts; pollen fertilizes the pistil, forming seeds.
- Seed Dispersal: Wind, animals, or insects spread these seeds, often far from the parent plant.
- Death & Renewal: The adult plant dies, but its seeds carry on the legacy, ready to germinate and begin the cycle again.