Science Weekly, March 24th, 2000
Flowers bloom everywhere on Earth, except Antarctica. You can find them in the desert, in the arctic, in the rainforest, in the prairie, or in the woods. Many flowers even grow in lakes and streams. Trees have them, so do grasses and weeds. Did you ever wonder why plants make flowers? It's not to look beautiful or feed the bees. The real job of a flower is to make seeds. Seeds make new plants.
What's Inside A Flower?
In the center of each flower is the pistil. The sticky top is called the stigma. Below it is a long tube called the style. The round part at the bottom is the ovary. Inside th...
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