Plant Structure
What part of the plant absorbs light to make food for the plant?
Leaves
What does the word environment mean?
All the living and nonliving things around a living thing.
What happens if a plant is placed next to a window?
The plant will grow towards the light.
What is gravity?
Force that pulls everything towards the Earth's center.
Name one of the Seven Habits.
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What part of the plant holds the plant in the ground?
Roots
What does it mean to germinate?
To begin to grow.
What do cones do in response to increased heat (such as a fire)?
They release their seeds.
If a plant is tipped on its side, which way will the roots grow?
Down toward the ground.
Name at least two of the dress up themes from last weeks Literacy Week.
What part of the plant carries water and nutrients to the rest of the plant?
What is budding?
Another name for a plant forming flowers or leaves.
Name one way plants respond to light.
Student answers will vary.
If a plant is tipped on its side, which way will the stem grow?
It will work against gravity and grow upward.
What is 4 x 8?
32
What is it called when a plant makes its own food?
Photosynthesis
What are nutrients?
Materials that living things such as plants need to grow.
Some plants need to go through a period of warm temperatures to grow into adult plants. When would be the best time to plant these seeds?
Summer or Spring
Causes them to grow downward, helps the plant stay in the ground.
Give a brief summary of Grandfather's Journey.
Student answers may vary.
What part of the plant protects the seeds when they're growing?
Fruit, Cones, etc.
What does it mean for plants to reproduce?
They make new living things like themselves.
What happens to some plants when temperatures go below 0 degrees Celsius?
The plant will be harmed. If there are are flowers, the flowers will die, the plant won't produce fruit, etc.
The stem and leaves overcome gravity and grow upward against the force of gravity.
Mrs. Ambrosio eats 1/2 of a pie. Name a fraction that would be equivalent to 1/2.
Student answers vary.