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Plants are living things. This means that they are born, they grow, they reproduce and

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they die. This is the life cycle of all living things. When spring comes, flowers make their

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first appearance. They add colour to fields and gardens. Those bright colours come from

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the flower's petals, which attract insects. The insects transport pollen to the stigma

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of another flower. The pollen then travels to the ovary. The ovary grows into a fruit

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with the seed inside. When a fruit falls to the ground and opens, the seed falls to the

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soils. The seed germinates in the soil and a new plant develops. This is how plants with

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fruit, known as angiosperms, reproduce. Other plants do not reproduce using fruit. Seeds

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develop inside cones. When the cone falls to the ground and opens, the seed falls to

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the soil. It then germinates. These plants are called gymnosperms. There are other plants

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in nature that do not have flowers, such as moss and ferns. They do not reproduce with

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seeds. These non-flowering plants produce tiny spores that they release into the air.

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Flowers are carried by the wind. When they land on soil, they germinate.