Think back to your earlier work on flowering plants. Their life cycle from seeds to adult plants will be explored in the following lessons.

Plants reproduce in two main ways: asexual reproduction, which creates identical copies from spores, buds, or roots, and sexual reproduction, which involves pollen and ovules combining to mix characteristics from two parent plants.

The life cycle of a flowering plant has four main stages:

• Seeds: The first stage, requiring water and warmth to germinate and start growing.
• Seedlings: The second stage, where the first shoots and roots become visible.
• Young plants: The third stage, where the plant is growing and can be identified.
• Adult plants: The fourth and final stage, where the plant is fully grown and capable of reproduction.

Flowering plants reproduce through asexual reproduction (making identical copies) or sexual reproduction (mixing characteristics from two parents via pollen and ovules). Their life cycle has four stages: 1) Seeds, which germinate with water and warmth; 2) Seedlings, showing initial shoots and roots; 3) Young plants, which are identifiable; and 4) Adult plants, which are fully grown.