Basic Needs | Making Food | Roots/Stems | Leaves/Flowers | Fruits / Seeds |
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plants can make their own food
A BIG difference between plants and animals (about food)
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photosynthesis
The process where a plant makes its own food
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roots or stem
This structure helps to take nutrients to all parts
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the leaves
The part of the plant where photosynthesis happens
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a seed
The plant’s life cycle starts as this
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light, water, air, nutrients from the soil
To live, a plant needs these four things
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chlorophyll
The material that makes the plant the color green
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stem
This structure helps support the plant and give it shape
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flower
The part of a plant where pollen can be found
flower |
water, warmth, air
Name 2 of the 3 things a seed needs to grow
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carbon dioxide
The gas a plant "breathes” in and/or a human breathes out
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air and water
What two things combine to make sugar, the plant’s food
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taproot
The main root that goes deep into the soil
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needle-shaped / broad-shaped
Name one of the two types of leaf shapes
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germinates
Another way to say “sprouts” is ________________
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oxygen
The gas a plant “breathes” out and/or a human breathes in
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light
“Photo” means ___________
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fibrous roots
Roots that are close to the surface
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symmetry
Most leaves can be divided down the middle and it looks the same on both sides. What is this called?
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wind, water, animal poop, other possible answers (teacher judgment)
Name one way a seed travels
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roots, stems, leaves
Name TWO of the structures on a plant that helps it get water
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putting together
“Synthesis” means ____________ _________________
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woody and stiff
What does a stem feel like in a plant that can live for many years?
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the waxy surface
What keeps the water from escaping leaves?
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tuber
A potato is an example of this _________________: a swollen underground stem
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