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🌱 KNOW PRIMARY · AGES 6–11

PLANTS &
BOTANY

🌱 From Tiny Seeds to Ancient Giants, The Living World!

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ANCIENT ERA
300M years ago
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CRETACEOUS
130M years ago
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EXPLOSION
100M years ago
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COEVOLUTION
50M years ago
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TODAY
90% angiosperm
🌸 ANGIOSPERMS: THE FLOWERING PLANT TAKEOVER
TOPIC 09 · PLANTS & BOTANY · CRETACEOUS ERA · 130 MILLION YEARS AGO
PAGE 1 OF 5, THE WORLD BEFORE FLOWERS
300 MILLION YEARS EARLIER
A misty prehistoric swamp forest of ferns, conifers and cycads with no flowers anywhere
BEFORE THE FIRST FLOWER
Earth's first flowering plant didn't exist yet. Giant ferns covered the swamps. Conifers towered in forests. Cycads spread across deserts. For 300 million years, these plants ruled without competition.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
Conifers like pine and spruce are "naked seed" plants. Their seeds sit exposed on cone scales, rain can wash them away!
NO FLOWERS!
DIVERSE PLANTS
Large green fern fronds in a damp rainy rainforest
🌿 Pteridophytes ruled Earth's wetlands
🌲 Conifers dominated high & dry lands
SLOW REPRODUCTION
A dark conifer forest on hills with spores blowing on the wind
💨 Spores spread by wind only
❌ No animals helped reproduction, or did they?
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