Plant Anatomy
These hold the plant in the ground and absorb water from the soil.
roots
This element provides the essential light energy plants need to make their own food.
Sunlight
This is the scientific name for the process plants use to turn sunlight, water, and air into food.
Photosynthesis
What acts like the plant's spine, holding it straight and carrying water up.
This liquid keeps the plant's stem standing tall.
Water
This is the first stage of a plant's life, when the seed absorbs water and cracks open its shell
germination
These flat green parts of the plant act like solar panels to trap sunlight.
Leaves
This is the ground layer that anchors the roots and delivers healthy vitamins and nutrients.
Soil
True or False: A seed grows its leaves above ground before it grows any roots below ground.
False - Roots grow first
This part of the plant is responsible for making new seeds so more plants can grow.
Flower
This is the invisible gas in the air that plants "breathe" in to build their bodies.
Carbon Dioxide
This is the type of sugar food that a leaf makes during photosynthesis.
Glucose
When you eat broccoli, you are actually eating hundreds of tightly packed, unopened versions of these.
Flowers/Flower Buds
Name one mineral that is found in soil.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, or Potassium.
Plants create oxygen. (True or False)
True