Plant parts
This part of the plant is usually brightly colored
What is the flower or petals
The function of the stem
The stem carries nutrients to the rest of the plant
The first step in the plant lifecycle
Planting a seed
True or false: The venus fly trap has a thick trunk to collect a lot of water
False
Light
The part of the plant that grows into the ground and sucks up water
The main function of the roots
Holding the plant in the ground and soaking up water
A flower growing is what stage of the plant lifecycle
Stage 4
The purpose of the thick trunk on a desert cactus
Holding water during dry periods
Plant needs: A
Air
This part of the plant soaks up nutrients from the sun
What are the leaves
The petals or flower
Attract bees and butterflies to promote pollination
In what stage do the roots start to grow into the ground
Stage 2
True or false: The large leaves of a rainforest plant help it soak up as much sun as possible in the shady rainforest?
True
Plant needs: W
Water
This part of a plant must be pollinated in order to grow a new plant
What is the seed
The function of the leaves
Soak up sunlight and make food for the plant
Stage three of the plant lifecycle
A small seedling sprouts
Rotten meat smell to attract flies, thick trunk and prickly spines on cactus, long roots on the mesquite tree, bug eating plants, large leaves on rainforest plants
Plant needs: N
Nutrients
This part of the plant carries nutrients throughout the rest of the plant
The reason a cactus has prickly spikes on its leaves
To keep animals from eating it
What are the stages of the plant lifecycle, in order
Plant a seed, the roots grow down, a sprout grows up, the sprout becomes a plant
Name the plant that traps and eats bugs to get more nutrients
Venus fly trap
Plant Needs: S
Soil