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Why are flowers important?
Flowers produce fruits. The fruit has seeds inside it. Thus, flowers produce
seeds from which new plants can grow.

Fruits

Seed

Flower

Keywords

Flower Bud Petals Sepals Stamens Pollen Ovary

Reinforcement concepts

• Main external parts of a plant are: leaves, stem, roots, flowers and fruits.

• A plant has different parts, each with its specific function.

• Flowers are made of four parts. The parts of a flower are:
petals, sepals, stamens and ovary.

• The flowers help the plant to make fruits and seeds.

Exercise

A. Fill in the blanks. Choose from the words given in the box below.

five petals sepals third ovary

1. A plant has ____________ main external parts.

2. A flower has brightly coloured ____________ .

3. _________ are usually green in colour.

4. Stamens are present on the ____________ circle of the flower.

5. The part at the centre of a flower is called its ____________ .

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