The Life Cycle of Flowering Plants)

Hi, I am Jared, and welcome to Fun Science Demos. Have you ever wondered why plants have flowers? Well, it is not just to look nice and smell nice. The big idea today is that those flowers make seeds, and those seeds make new plants, and those new plants make new flowers. It is a cycle, a life cycle. Flowers make seeds, make new plants, make flowers. So let us take a look at how this happens. Every flower has boy parts and girl parts. In this diagram, this flower has four boy parts, 1, 2, 3, 4, and one girl part right down the middle. At the top of those four boy parts is pollen. It is like dust. Near the bottom of the girl part, that is where the eggs are. And when the pollen meets the eggs, they make seeds, lots of seeds. So now let us take a look at a real flower and check these parts out for ourselves. Let us look at this lily. So this flower has six boy parts, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and one girl part right down the middle. And if you look, you can see that dust-like pollen on top of the boy parts. If I pull down the flower petal, you can see some is rubbed off. It is dusty. And when that pollen starts up here and it makes its way down to the eggs, we have seeds. Every flower has boy parts and girl parts. They are just all different shapes, sizes, and colors. Tulips, lilies, and daffodils are some of the best flowers to look at to see those parts. Let us take a look at this plant. For an even better look, we have pulled off some of the flower petals and leaves. If you look down here, that is where the seeds are. Flowers make seeds, make new plants, make new flowers. Take some time to stop and check it out. All plants and animals go through a life cycle. Science is so cool. Thanks for watching. Do not forget to check out our links in our video description.