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Flowering plants, cone-bearing plants, ferns, and mosses make up the four main plant groups. But did you know that each of these groups has a different life cycle? Or that some plants reproduce with seeds and others reproduce with spores? This book investigates the life cycles of each of the four main plant groups. --Amazon.com.

Discover the fascinating history of our planet with this unique collection of visual timelines. Full of exciting visual timelines covering minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Timelines of Nature reveals our planet's natural history and its life cycles in an entirely new way. Beginning at our world's existence; children aged 9+ will learn how many years it took the Moon to form and witness Earth's continents collide. Discover the history...

Discusses the salmon's life cycle, including its journey from freshwater to the ocean and back upstream to mate and lay eggs, the dangers it may encounter along the way, and human efforts to help salmon overcome man-made obstacles.

"Simple text and photographs present the life cycle of a pine tree from seed to adult plant"--Provided by publisher.

"From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species--and of life itself--depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals; and she thoughtfully highlights the astonishing variety of this process with examples from...

A tree is the biggest plant that grows. Trees can live for a very long time, and they are alive all year long, even when they look dead in winter.In this newly illustrated book, you will learn how a tree grows and how it gets food and water. You can also find out what happens to water after it travels through a tree's roots, branches, and leaves, and how to figure out a tree's age.Clyde Robert Bulla's simple and concise text and Stacey Schuett's lush...

Vivid photographs document the life of a salmon. A simple symbol showing its age changes on each spread as it advances through the stages in its growth and life cycle. A photographic life summary is included.

In this new 2022 high-definition program, learn all about important biology terms that align with state curriculum for ninth grade biology. Terms are defined and exemplified for better comprehension. Terms covered are: Living; Non-Living; Life Cycle; Endangered Species; Extinct. Detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.

Describes what happens day-by-day for the three weeks from the time a hen lays an egg until the baby chick hatches.