Plant Parts
What part of the plant collects sunlight?
The power that makes things move or work.
Energy
True / False: A seed can grow anywhere.
False
True / False: All plants grow at the same speed?
False
What does the Sun provide for the Earth's land, water, and air?
Light and Heat Energy
What part of the plant does the seed always grow first?
Moving from one place to another.
Motion
Which direction do plants always grow their roots?
Down
What three things do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, Water, Soil
When we eat broccoli what part of the plant are we eating?
The flower
What does the stem do?
Holds the plant up and carries water to the rest of the plant.
How hot or cold something is.
Temperature
What is the name of the baby plant inside the seed?
Embryo
What comes first the sprout or the seedling?
Sprout
Match the Terms with the definition: Energy / Earth / Heat / What makes us feel warm. Power from the sun. The planet we live on.
Energy - Power from the sun
Earth - The planet we live on
Heat - What makes us feel warm
Why do some plants grow fruit?
So animals can eat them and help spread seeds to grow new plants.
A tool that tells us the temperature.
Thermometer
How does the seed feed itself before it grows roots and leaves?
Food storage in the seed, they have a snack back-pack!
How do bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds help plants make new seeds?
Pollination, Spreading Pollen
Choose the best investigator tool to measure how hot the sidewalk is: Ruler, Clock, Surface Thermometer
Challenge: Draw a plant and label all five parts.
Leaves, Roots, Fruit, Seed, Flower, Stem
Challenge: The sky in the east where the sun rises is called? The sky in the west where the sun sets is called?
Eastern Sky and Western Sky
What part of the seed protects it from being squished?
Seed Coat
Besides bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, what is another type of pollinating animal?
Bats
When we eat apples what part of the plant are we eating?
The fruit