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The root was the first structure to appear. Soon after that, the first
leaves appeared on the end of a stem. The baby bean plant had developed
into a bean seedling. It took several weeks for the bean plant to get bigger
and grow more leaves and stems.
When the bean plant was mature, it developed
flowers
. The flowers
changed into fruits, called green beans. Seeds developed inside the fruits.
When the fruits were mature, there was a crop of new bean seeds. The
bean plant had gone through its life cycle. The plant started as a seed and
completed the cycle when it produced new seeds. The seeds might grow
into new plants. The life cycle repeats over and over again.
Bean
seedling
Bean plant
Bean plant
with fruit
Bean Life Cycle
Germinated
seed
Bean seed
Bean plant
with flowers
Bean pod
with seeds
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