Plant Needs
Plants need to 'breathe' in what?
Carbon dioxide
When a seed first starts to grow, what are the first two 'parts' to appear?
Stem (shoot)
What are the two jobs of the roots?
Take in water and nutrients from the soil.
Keep the plant in place.
What is the job of the leaves?
Make food for the plant.
Name five different types of flowers.
Various flowers
From the experiment, the plant with no _____ was the first to die.
Soil
What is the process called when a seed starts to sprout?
Germination
What are the two jobs of the stem?
Move water and nutrients from the roots to the rest of the plant.
Keep the plant standing upright.
Leaves take _____ out of the air, and release _____ back into the air.
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Why do flowers look and smell pretty?
To attract pollinators.
Plants don't 'eat'. Where do they get their food from?
The soil.
What are the names of the two stages after 'seed'?
Sprout
Seedling
Name three plants you eat AND the part of the plant that they are.
Various answers
What are the three things that the leaves need to make food for the plant?
Carbon dioxide
Water
Sunlight
What is the job of the flower?
To make seeds, so new plants can grow.
Name two plants that need a lot of sunlight and warmth.
Palm tree
Cactus
Various tropical flowers
When an apple tree is mature, it can grow _____ and then _____.
Flowers
Fruit
What are the names of the two types of tubes in the stem?
Xylem
Phloem
What is the name of the pigment in the leaves that makes them green?
Chlorophyll
Name three parts of the flower.
Petals
Sepals
Pistil (stigma, style, ovary, and ovule)
Stamens (anthers and filaments)
What are the six things that a plant needs to survive?
Air (carbon dioxide)
Water
Soil
Sunlight
Warmth
Space
Name the two plants that we watched the time lapse videos of.
Spinach
Sunflower
Describe two differences between fruit and vegetables.
Fruit have seeds; vegetables do not have seeds.
Fruit come from the flowering part of the plant; vegetables are the other edible parts of the plants.
What is the process called when leaves make food for the plant?
Photosynthesis
What is pollination?
When the pollen from one plant is brought to another plant. It then travels through the pollen tube and grows into a seed.