Parts of a Plant
Parts that work together
a system
How do roots help a plant?
Roots hold a plant in place. They take in water and minerals. They help store food.
How does a flower make a seed?
Pollen is placed on the tip of the flower then seeds form at the bottom of the flower.
Talking about how two or more things are the same or different
Compare and contrast
What is a fossil?
Remains or a mark of a living things from a long time ago
root, stem, leaf, flower
The 4 parts of a plant
Carbon dioxide is exchanged for what gas in the leaf?
Oxygen
What does deciduous mean?
A tree that looses its leaves after they change color.
First, second, next. This tells the order in which events take place.
Sequence
What does extinct mean?
What does extinct mean?
Something is no longer alive
How does a leaf help a plant live?
A leaf makes food for the plant. It also helps keep water inside the plant at a proper level.
What is the name of the sugar made in plants?
Glucose
What is pollination?
Moving pollen to the flower part that makes the seed.
The reason or point of the reading passage. What the author is trying to prove or show.
Main Idea
What is learned by studying fossils?
Clues to life forms that lived long ago.
What is the purpose for the tiny holes on a leaf?
The tiny holes allow oxygen to pass out of the leaf and carbon dioxide to enter the leaf.
What is a root we eat?
Beet, radish, carrot, turnip
What is special about coniferous trees?
They do not loose their leaves in the fall
Putting together facts and building a new idea or final point.
Drawing conclusions / making inferences
How do scientists learn about plants that are extinct?
By studying their fossils
food, air, water, and space are all what?
What plants and animals need to live
What makes plants green and helps them absorb sunlight?
chlorophyll
What is the part of the coniferous plant that makes seeds?
The cone.
Taking all the information from a reading and putting it into one or two sentences.
Summarize
What was the first type of plant on Earth, coniferous or flowering?
Coniferous