What Living Things Need
I am a living thing that makes my own food.
I'm a plant!
This can grow into a new plant. Most fruits have these.
A seed.
When a fruit is ______ it can be picked and is ready to be eaten.
Ripe.
I hold the plant in the soil. I also take in water and minerals.
Roots
I am the name of the seed for an oak tree. Squirrels eat me.
Acorn
I am the 3 BASIC things a plant needs to make its own food.
I am sunlight, air and water.
Fruits protect me. I live inside a fruit. There can be 1 or me or many, many of me.
Seed
Fuzzy insects that help make seeds.
Bees
When plants make food, they give off this gas. We need to breathe this in order to live.
Oxygen. The chemical name for the oxygen gas that we breathe is O2
This green pigment helps plants absorb sunlight.
chlorophyll
I am an orange fruit with many seeds. I am round and shiny on the outside and juicy on the inside.
An orange
I hold up the plant. I allow water and food to travel through the plant.
The stem
An example of a type of large seed bigger than a grapefruit.
Coconut.
This is the type of gas that plants use to make their own sunlight.
Carbon dioxide (the chemical name is CO2)
Some seeds have me. I am hard and I provide an extra layer of protection for the seed.
Shell
I am a small round fruit. I am brown on the outside and green on the inside. I have many tiny, black seeds.
Kiwi
The part of a plant that can become a fruit.
A flower
This tree lives in a very dry place. It is usually prickly.
Cactus
This is the process plants use to make their own food.
Photosynthesis.
Roots always grow down into me to keep the plant in one place. There are many minerals in me.
Ground
Most flowers make me. I am a sticky powder inside the flower than helps to make the seeds.
Pollen.
I am a flower that has seeds that move with the wind. I have long, light tufts that can float in the air. I am white and circular shaped.
Dandelion