Read the passage below about plant life cycles.
Many plants start their life cycles as a seed. The
seed needs certain things or it will not grow into a
plant. Sometimes seeds wait in the ground until they
can get the things they need. They wait for warmth
from the sun. They wait for water. When they have
what they need, they start to grow. A tiny little sprout
will push out of each seed. The sprouts stretch up until
they poke through the dirt and into the air.
The plants continue to grow when they get
sunshine and water. The stems grow taller and leaves
unfold. More leaves and stems grow on the main
stems. The adult plants grow flowers. The flowers of
many plants make fruit. The fruit has seeds inside it so
more new plants can grow.
New plants look like their parent plants. Seeds
from a parent plant will grow into the same kind of
plant as the parent. When a seed begins to grow, it is
the beginning of another plant life cycle
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