Vocabulary
A plant structure that grows in the soil and takes in water and nutrients
Root
Plants need _______________ to grow and develop. Hint*like food
Nutrients
Connects the roots with the leaves.
Stem
The process in which plants use energy from the sun to make their own food
photosynthesis
System of tubes inside the plant that connects the leaves, stems and roots.
Vascular System
A green substance found in leaves that captures the energy of sunlight
Chlorophyll
Plants need ______________ which get absorbed by chlorophyll.
Sunlight
One function of a stem is to hold up the ____________ so the plant can absorb sunlight.
leaves
What three things does a plant combine for photosynthesis?
sunlight energy, water, carbon dioxide
True/False: Humans have a vascular system.
True
A plant structure where food us made
Leaf
Plants need ________________ which is absorbed through the leaf's stomata.
Carbon dioxide
Another function of a stem is to store ________ and __________ for the plant to use at a later time
water and food
What is another name for sugar?
Glucose
Tubes carry food, _____________ and nutrients to all parts of the plant
water
A plant structure that connects the leaves with the roots
Stem
Plants need ______________ to grow. The bigger the plant, like a maple tree, the most __________ they need.
Space
A tree ________ is a thick, woody stem.
trunk
What is the by product of photosynthesis? *hint- all animals need it for survival
Oxygen
Like the the one way lanes on a highway, each kind of _________ carries materials in only one directions at a time
tubes
Tiny holes on a plant's leaf that takes in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis.
Stomata
Plants need ______________. The absorb ______ through their roots.
Water
A ______________ plant have thick stems to hold water that the plant can use when there is not enough rain. *Hint-desert plant
cactus
What seasons does photosynthesis occur the most?
spring and summer
The vascular system also brings food all the way from the leaves to the _____________.
roots