What you should know: World of Plants
Introducing Plants
General
Give advantages of there being
a wide variety of plants
Describe 3 specialised uses of
plants
Growing Plants
General
Describe the functions of the
three main parts of the seed of
a dicotyledon
Describe the effect of
temperature and the
availability of water and
oxygen on germination
Describe the function of the
parts of a flower i.e. sepal,
petal, stamen, anther, stigma,
ovary, nectary
Describe methods of pollination
Describe fertilisation and fruit
formation
Describe ways of propagating
flowering plants artificially by
cuttings and grafting
Describe asexual reproduction
by runners and tubers
Credit
Explain possible consequences
to man and other animals of a
reduction in the variety of
species
Describe a production or
refining process
Describe 2 potential uses of
plants or plant products
Credit
Describe the changes in
percentage germination that
occur over a range of
temperatures
Explain the structure of wind
and insect pollinated flowers in
relation to sexual reproduction
Describe the growth of the
pollen tube and fusion of
gametes
Describe one example of each
of the following different
dispersal mechanisms: wind,
animal – internal and animal-
external
Explain the advantages to man
of artificial propagation in
flowering plants
Describe what is meant by the
term ‘clone’
Describe the advantages of
both sexual and asexual
reproduction to plants
 Making Food
General
Explain the need for transport
systems in a plant
Describe the pathways of
movement of water and food in
xylem and phloem
State the gas that plants take
in from the air through stomata
which open and close
State that water vapour is lost
through stomata
State the form which green
plants store their food.
State that green plants convert
light energy to chemical energy
using chlorophyll
Describe the process of
photosynthesis in terms of raw
materials and products
Credit
Describe the structure of
phloem and xylem and identify
other functions of the transport
system
Describe the external features
and internal structure of a leaf
in relation to its function in gas
exchange
Describe the fate of carbon
dioxide as structural and
storage carbohydrates in plants
and as energy sources
Explain what is meant by a
limiting factor and describe the
main limiting factors in the
process of photosynthesis