Soil
Light in color, gritty texture, not much nutrients
What is sand?
Too much water in an area
What is a flood?
The plant produces flowers and/or fruit in this stage
What is adult plant?
This plant part can be long to tap into water underground for desert plants
What are roots?
True or False: The life cycle ends after adult plant
What is false?
Mixed particle sizes, where plants are planted, mixture
What is topsoil?
A long period of time without precipitation
What is a drought?
This young plant cannot produce flowers or fruit or create new plants in this stage yet
What is seedling?
This plant part is colorful
What is the flower?
True or False: Sand has less nutrients
What is true?
Orange color, sticky when wet, hard when dry
What is clay?
True or False: A plant that needs a lot of sunlight can survive in a dark cave
What is false?
What is seed?
This plant part is responsible for photosynthesis (making food from sunlight)
What are the leaves?
This soil usually retains the most water
What is clay?
Dark color, powdery texture, tiny particles
What is silt?
The five basic needs of plants
What are sunlight, soil, space, air, and water?
The stage that typically happens underground
This part absorbs water and nutrients. It also holds the plant in the soil.
What are roots?
This soil type has the largest particle
What is gravel?
Plant and animal remains, source of nutrients and dark color
What is humus?
A plant that can thrive in clay likes a lot of this resource
What is water?
When a seed begins to put out shoots
What is germination?
This part transports water and nutrients
What is the stem?
A plant that can survive in a dry, hot desert does not need a lot of this resource
What is water?