Plant Parts
The part of the plant that absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
What is the root?
The stage when a plant produces flowers or cones for reproduction.
What is maturity?
Plants in hot, dry environments often have these instead of leaves to save water.
What are spines?
This mineral-rich substance in soil provides nutrients for growth.
What is soil?
Seeds can travel in these ways. Give one example.
What is wind/animal/water dispersal?
The green part of a plant where sunlight is used to make food.
What is the leaf?
The first stage of a plant’s life cycle, where it begins to grow.
What is a seed?
The process that plants use to make food from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
What is photosynthesis?
Plants need this gas from the air to make food during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide?
Bamboo is a type of this plant part that grows extremely fast.
What is a stem?
The part of the plant that contains seeds and helps with reproduction.
What is the flower or fruit?
After the seed sprouts, this is the stage when roots grow downward and stems grow upward.
What is germination?
This helps a plant grow toward sunlight.
What is phototropism?
Plants need this to grow and survive; too little or too much can harm them.
What is water?
Some plants survive freezing winters by staying in this stage until spring.
What is dormancy?
This plant part supports the leaves and carries water and nutrients up from the roots.
What is the stem?
The stage when a plant produces seeds that can grow into new plants.
What is reproduction?
This type of root grows deep to reach water in dry soils.
What is a taproot?
Plants use this energy source to produce food.
What is sunlight?
This process returns nutrients from dead plants to the soil.
What is decomposition?
Small, waxy structures on desert plants that reduce water loss and protect from animals.
What are spines?
A stage in a plant’s life when leaves, stems, or the entire plant die, but seeds remain for the next generation.
What is dormancy or senescence?
This adaptation allows water plants to float and absorb sunlight efficiently.
What are air-filled tissues or buoyant leaves?
Tiny openings on leaves that allow gas exchange and water loss are called.
What are stomata?
The largest living structure on Earth is made mostly of plants.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?