Plant Facts
Which plant part has the job of pulling up water and nutrients and anchoring the plant in the ground?
roots
What three things do animals need in their habitat in order to survive and thrive?
food, water, shelter (need all three to get points)
When we eat broccoli, what part(s) of the plant are we eating?
flowers (stems okay too, but need flowers to get points)
What is the job of a seed in a plant's life cycle?
They start a plants lifecycle. They have all the required parts to be able to sprout.
True or false: Soil is alive
True - healthy soil contains a combination of living and non living things.
What part of a plant has the job of attracting pollinators?
flowers
What is an example of a pollinating animal that helps plants produce seeds?
Many options: bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, flies, beetles, etc.
Name the plant part category that makes up a large part of people's diet all over the world. Examples include rice, beans, and corn.
seeds
Name two different types of edible seeds
Many options: rice, beans, corn, peas, sunflower, + various... nuts, spices, legumes, cereals
Name two organisms that help break down decaying matter
Examples include; worm, pillbug/roly poly, bacteria, centipedes, fungi/mushrooms
Which plant part is made after the flower gets pollinated?
seeds (and/or) fruits - (only need one answer to get points)
True or False: Habitats can only be one particular size.
False: Habitats can be as large as an ocean and as small as a log or rock.
True or False: tropical fruits (like mangos) can be grown anywhere on the planet
False. They can only grow in tropical climates or conditions that are particularly hot and wet
Name three things that plants need in order to grow.
Options include: water, sunlight, air/carbon dioxide, soil, space, nutrients
In nature, what happens to plants when they die?
They decompose. Also - they are eaten by decomposing organisms, or they are recycled into nutrients that other plants can use.
What do we call the process that leaves undergo to produce their own food by combining sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide?
photosynthesis
Name this eight legged critter that helps take care of the garden by eating insects that are pests.
spider
Name two things that helped create, transport or store the food that you ate today
options include: water, sunlight, seeds, soil, pollinators, people, trucks, air, cars, markets/grocery stores, electricity, gasoline
True or false: Seeds have structures that help them move away from their parent plant
TRUE
Fill in the blank for the three main categories of decomposers:
Fungus
B______
Invertebrates
Bacteria
What is one reason that plants are important?
Many options: plants provide food for people, they provide oxygen for humans and animals, they provide food for animals, they provide habitat for animals, what else?
Which of these three things is responsible for driving all the life on our planet?
1. people
2. soil
3. the sun
3. the sun
In "science terms" are cucumbers and tomatoes considered fruits? Why or why not?
Yes. Because they have seeds inside.
What do we call the outside of a seed that protects the parts inside before they sprout?
seed coat - some might say "fruit" as it does have the job of protecting seeds.
Nitrogen, Potassium, Calcium, and Phosphorus are all examples of ____ that help soil be healthy and thus help plants and humans be healthy
nutrients