COMPLETE CONCEPT INTEGRATION METHODOLOGY - PSLE SCIENCE

SUMMARY OF KEY LIFE PROCESSES

1 PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2 RESPIRATION 3 CELL DIVISION 4 TRANSPIRATION 5 GERMINATION

CO2 Digested
stomata

+ Food

Food +
+
O2
Energy

The process where the The process where The process where one The process where The process where a
plant takes in carbon digested food and parent cell splits into 2 water vapour is loss seed develops in a
dioxide and water in oxygen is used by daughter cells. through the stomata seedling.
the presence of the cells to release found on the surface
sunlight to make food. energy. of the leaves.

6 POLLINATION 7 FERTILISATION 8 SEED DISPERSAL 9 DECOMPOSITION

pollen grain sperm
seed
anther stigma

ovule egg

The transfer of pollen
grains from the
anther to the stigma.
Plant
The male reproductive
cell in the pollen grain
fuses with the female
reproductive cell in
the ovule.
Animal Seed dispersal carries The breakdown of dead
The sperm fuses with the seeds further away matter into simpler
the egg in the fallopian from the parent plant, substance which is
tube. reducing competition returned to the soil as
for water, nutrients, nutrients, acting as
light and space. fertiliser for plants.

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