BY: KELSEY PARRA
FROM SEED TO SUNFLOWER
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Stage Of a Sunflower Life Cycle
How a Sunflower Survives
Fun Facts About Sunflower
CONTENTS 2 STAGE ONE: SEED A sunflower begins its journey
5 STAGE FOUR: DRY UP SUNFLOWER when a sunflower dies
3 STAGE TWO: SPROUT
A seed bursts from the ground
6 HOW A SUNFLOWER SURVIVES
Everything a sunflower needs
4 STAGE THREE: SUNFLOWER All grown up
7 FUN FACTS Did you know... ?
STAGE ONE-SEED
The first stage of a sunflower is a seed.Inside the seed is a kernel, a kernel is a container inside the seed.The seed is one inch tall.The seed is covered in a hard shell. 22
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SECOND STAGE-A SPROUT The second stage of a sunflower is the sprouts. After planting, a seed soaks up water from the soil.The food stored to break down to feed the tiny developing plant.Warm temperature speed seed germination, or sprouting, a germination is the act of sending out a root and shoot from a seed. 3
THIRD STAGE-A FLOWER
The third stage of a sunflower life cycle is a flower Sprout reach their full height in growing season.The tallest kinds can top 20 feet (6 meters).Many sunflower bloom in 90 to 110 days
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STAGE FOURDRY UP SUNFLOWER
The disk flower turn into hundreds of sunflower seeds.The seed grow bigger, and the sunflower petal dry up.The sunflower head become heavy and droop toward the ground. People pick the sunflower seeds .They can be use for birdseed, pressed into oil or they can be eaten by people. 5
HOW A SUNFLOWER SURVIVES What a Sunflower Needs It needs Sun light. It need Water to drink.It needs Soil for the roots. Sunflowers grow best in full, bright sun, and in evenly moist, welldrained soil. The amount of space they need depends on which varieties you are growing.
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