Vocabulary
Something that is alive is called a ______ thing.
Living
Name ONE thing a plant needs.
Sunlight, water, air, or soil
Name ONE thing living things can do.
Grow, breathe, eat/get food, move, or reproduce.
A plant has water, soil and air, but it is inside a dark closet. What is missing?
Sunlight
It takes air (carbon dioxide) and exhales oxygen
What word means something a living thing must have to survive?
Need
Which core four gives the plant energy?
Sunlight
What is the difference betwean a bear and a teddy bear?
bears are living things that can grow, move, eat, breath and reproduce. Teddy bears are non living things that can not grow, move, eat, breathe or reproduce.
A plant gets lots of sunlight but nobody waters it. What can happen?
Water and nutrients are connected when talking about a plant. Cn you explain how?
Water carries the nutrients to the whole plant
What do we call the things in soil that help plants grow?
Nutrients
Which core four has nutrients and helps hold the plant in place?
Soil
A plant grows bigger every week. What does this tell you about the plant?
It is living because living things grow.
A plant is falling over because nothing is holding its roots. Which core four could help? why?
Soil because it gives support
You find a dead plant in the garden! what do you think happened
It did not received the core four.
What word means the power a plant gets from sunlight?
Energy
Why does a plant need water?
It helps the plant make its food and move nutrients through the plant.
A toy car can move. Does that mean it is living? Why or why not?
Because it does not move by itself, a force needs to move it.
Plant A gets sunlight, water, air and soil. Plant B gets water and soil but stays in a dark box. Which plant will probably grow better? Why?
Plant A because its getting the core four things it needs and plant B is missing sunlight.
Soil has nutrients and helps hold the plant in place. Why do you think are nutrients important to a living plant?
Because the help keep the plant healthy
How do you know a rock is a non-living thing?
Because it can not grow, breath, move, eat or reproduce
Explain what 2 core four needs give to the plant.
Sunlight - energy and growth
Water - carry nutrients and make food
Soil - nuntrients and support
Air - breathe and make food
A seed does not walk or talk. Could it still be living? Explain your thinking.
Yes. Living things don’t have to walk or talk; a seed can grow into a plant.
You find a plant at school that looks unhealthy. What are TWO things you would check before deciding how to help it?
Check whether it has enough sunlight, water, air and/or appropriate soil.
A plant needs to grow, breathe, and make food. Connect each one to a core four that helps it do that.
Grow → sunlight/nutrients;
Breathe → air;
Make food → sunlight, water & air.