Summative Assessment Answer Key Short Answer: What is the seed coat?

The protective covering that surrounds the seed

What is the name for the baby plant? Embryo

Explain what a cotyledon is used for. The material and food that feeds the baby plant

Fill in the Blank: The _______Plant Cycle_________ is the series of changes occurring in a plant with help from their food sources: water, sunlight and soil. Why are plants important to humans? Any reasonable answer.

True or False: The world would survive without bees. False, any reasonable answer Example: Bees transfer the pollen to help flowers grow True or False: Oxygen is a colorless and odorless element from plants that lets humans and animals breathe True True or False: Photosynthesis is the process used by humans to make their own food False - plants

Short Answer: Give one example of a healing plant and what it does Any reasonable answer Example: Aloe plant, used for small injuries like cuts and scrapes