Science—Year 2—Plants Most plants grow from a seeds or bulbs. All living things reproduce. Flying insects pollinate flowering plants which enable plants to create seeds. The life cycle of a simple flowering plant is germinaon, growth, flowering and seed producon Flowers aract pollinators and are where the seeds are produced Plants need water, light to grow healthily. Key Knowledge Key People Vocabulary seeds bulbs fully grown water light damp/wet/ dry dark/light hot/warm/ cool/cold use comparaves e.g. hoer/ colder/weer grow/growth healthy shoot seedling wither/limp die dry/crispy soil earth Carl Linnaeus (1707) famous for his work in Taxonomy, the science of idenfying, naming and classifying organisms (plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc.). Agnes Robertson Arber (1879 – 1960) a Brish plant anatomist. Because of her contribuons to botanical science, Agnes Arber received the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society of London at the age of 69 – the first woman to receive such accolade. Beatrix Poer (1866-1943) loved painng landscape, flora, and fauna and fungi and became widely respected in mycology. Poer’s study and watercolours of fungi led to her being widely respected in the field of mycology.