Basic Plants Facts
What is the process that plants make their own food called?
photosynthesis
How do plants adapt to its environment?
Angiosperm
3 - What does photosynthesis give us?
4- What does an endangered animal mean?
3 - oxygen and glucose
4 - Endangered means an animal that is no longer producing or able to survive its environment so it is becoming extinct (no more of them around)
What is a habitat?
A place where an animal or plant lives with all its needs in order to survive.
How do plants adapt and get their energy?
Through photosynthesis
What are the parts of a plant?
What are two ways we hurt plants?
Deforestation - cutting down lots of trees
Polluting
4 - what is habitat destruction? Give 1 positive and 1 negative
This is when the natural habitat can't support the living things in them.
- positive - we need space to build
negative - it is taking animals habitats away
Give me 4 different examples of a habitat.
desert, wetlands, ocean, forest, arctic, grassland, rain forest.
What is the flow of the energy/food web?
In a food web there are many paths as some animals in eats and many animals eat that animal. The energy is transferred from one source to another.
Food
furniture
paper
houses
What is pollination and give 2 examples of pollinators.
Pollination is when pollen from a flower get carried to another flower.
- butterflies, bees, hummingbird
3 - Give 2 ways to protect plants
Gametophytes
What is a producer?
What is a consumer?
Producer makes their own food
Consumers need to find food to get energy from.
What is a predator? Give 2 examples
Predator is someone that hunts other animals for food. Sharks, coyotes
What is organic farming and is it better or worse for us?
Organic farming means no chemicals are added or sprayed to the plants
No direct evidence but overall it is better due to less chemicals
What are 3 ways we can protect plants?
Plant more trees - plants
Use indoor plants
Do not destroy plants
4 - What is deforestation? Give 1 positive and 1 negative
Sporophyte
What is a predator and a prey?
Predator is something who hunts food and prey is something that gets hunted.
What are adaptations in plants?
Plants change or have features that adapt to its environment - cactus, maple trees loose its leaves
What are the 5 things all plants need to survive?
LAWNS
Light, Air, Water, Nutrients, Space
What did you notice with your sunflower plant? For example, was it able to keep surviving in its current space?
Roots were going up the cup looking for more space, it needs deeper soil to be stable.
3 - Can we live without plants? Explain why or why not.
No - we need plants to survive as it is our primary source of food and we use it daily with furniture and/or houses.
Give the definition AND example of omnivore, carnivore and herbivore.
Herbivore - eats only plants, bunnies
Carnivore = eats meat only - lion
Omnivore - eats both plants and animals - fish, humans
What are the 2 types WITH examples?
Adaptation is changing to survive.
Structural adaptation - the organism changes itself to survive/has things to help it survive - giraffe has a long neck and tongue.
Behavioural adaptation - changes how it acts to survive - hibernation, migration