What Living Things Need
Plant Observations
Measuring in Inches
Plant Parts
Measuring in Centimeters
100

I am a living thing that makes my own food.

What is a plant?

100

What is part A?

What is a bud.

100

How long is the line?

What is 4 inches.

100
I hold the plant in the soil. I also take in water and minerals. I also store food for the plant.
What are the roots?
100

How long is the pencil? 

What is 9 centimeters.

200

I am what comes out of the ground right after you place a seed. I am a very tiny plant.

What is a sprout.

200

What is part B (black dots) on the Brassica plant?

What are seeds.

200

How long is the fish?

What is 3 inches. 

200
I take in air and use sunlight to make food.
What are leaves?
200

How long is the marker?

What is 10 cm. 


300
When plants make food, they give off this gas. We need to breathe this in order to live.
What is oxygen?
300

What is part C on the Brassica plant?

What is a seedpod.

300

How long is the stick?

What is 2 inches. 

300

I hold up the plant. I allow water and food to travel through the plant.

What is the stem?

300

How long is the shoe?

What is 12 centimeters.

400
Bits of rock and soil that help plants and animals grow.
What are minerals?
400

A boy studied this plant. He observed that it had seedpods. He planted the seeds from the pod to get more plants. a. Below are three young plants. Circle the one that grew from a seed from the boy’s plant. b. How did you decide which plant grew from the boy’s plant?

The plant in the middle came from the boy's plant. Both plants have the same shape of leaves, stem that curls at the end.

400

How long is the line segment?

What is 2 inches. 

400
The part of a plant that can become a fruit.
What is a flower?
400

How much longer is the shoe than the marker.

What is 2 centimeters.

500

What four words describe what plants need from the environment?

What is sunlight, water, air and nutrients. 

500

Draw a picture of a plant. Label as many parts of the plant as you can. Circle the part of the plant you drew to show where seeds come from.

In an apple tree, the apple holds the seeds. In our Brassica plant, the seedpods hold the seeds. In a sunflower, the seeds are in the center of the flower.

500

How much longer is the line than the fish?

What is 1 inch. 

500
Most flowers make me. I am a sticky powder inside the flower than helps to make the seeds.
What is pollen?
500

How much longer is the shoe than the pencil?

What is 3 centimeters. 

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