COMPLETE CONCEPT INTEGRATION™ SCIENCE

9 KEY LIFE PROCESSES YOU MUST KNOW BEFORE PSLE

1 PHOTOSYNTHESIS 4 TRANSPIRATION 7 POLLINATION

Sunlight Water Vapour Anther Stigma
Stomata
CO2
Food
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Water CO2
The process where the plant takes in carbon dioxide The process where the plant loses water in the form The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the
and water in the presence of sunlight to make food. of water vapour through the stomata on the stigma.
surfaces of the leaves.

2 RESPIRATION 5 GERMINATION 8 FERTILISATION Fallopian

tube
Male reproductive
Digested Oxygen Cell
Sperm cell
food Egg

ENERGY Egg Cell

Ovule

PLANTS ANIMALS
Cell
The male reproductive cell in The nucleus of the
The process where digested food and oxygen is The process where a seed develops into a seedling the pollen grain fuses with sperm fuses with the
used by the cells to release energy. when it has: (1) Water ; (2) Oxygen and (3) Warmth the female reproductive cell nucleus of the egg in
in the ovule. the fallopian tube.

3 CELL DIVISION 6 DECOMPOSITION 9 SEED DISPERSAL Seed

Disperse the seeds further
away from the parent plant to:
1) Reduce overcrowding
2) Prevent/reduce competition
between the seedlings and
the parent plant for:
The breakdown of dead matter into simpler a) Space c) Water
The process where one parent cell splits into 2
substances, which is returned to the soil, acting as b) Sunlight d) Mineral Salts
daughter cells.
fertiliser for the plant.

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