What Living Things Need
Plants Make New Plants
Plant Communication
Plant Parts
Plant Adaptations
100
I am a living thing that makes my own food.
What is a plant?
100
This can grow into a new plant. Most fruits have these.
What is a seed?
100

More than 80% of land plants connect underground via these type of networks formed by symbiotic fungi.

What are mycorrhizal networks?

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

My ability to hook on to animal fur or clothes, float on water, be carried by the wind, or pooped out by animals is an example of this

What is a seed adaptation?

200
I am the 3 BASIC things a plant needs to make its own food.
What is sunlight, air and water.
200

I am something that can move pollen between flowers.

What are birds, bees, wind and water.

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What are pollinators?

200

This type of tree sends toxic chemical messages through the soil to sabotage and poison its neighbours so it can steal all the water and sunlight for itself!

What is a black walnut tree?

200

I take in air and sunlight to provide food for the plant.

What are the leaves?

200

Thorns, bark, and thickness are examples of this

What is a stem adaptation?

300
When plants make food, they give off this gas. We need to breathe this in order to live.
What is oxygen?
300
Every seed has this. It keeps the seeds from out.
What is a seed coat?
300

A giraffe chews this tree, then tree releases ethylene gas to warn its neighbours, who instantly flood their leaves with bitter toxins to ruin the giraffe's lunch.

What is an Acacia tree?

300

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

What is the stem?

300

Thin, waxy needles to help retain water or large ones spread out to take in more sunlight are examples of this

What are leaf adaptations?

400

This process occurs when a seed gets water and warmth

What is germination?

400

Some seeds have me. I am hard and I provide an extra layer of protection for the seed. Hint: Peanuts have me.

What is a shell?

400

Proving that plants can speak across species lines, tomato and this nightshade cousin can both successfully decipher sagebrush warning signals.

What is tobacco?

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

Special colors, scents, sizes and shapes are examples of this for how I can attract more pollinators.

What are flower adaptations?

500
I am what comes out of the ground right after you place a seed. I am a very tiny plant.
What is a sprout?
500
This shows how a living thing grows, lives, makes more of its kind & dies. It begins with a seed.
What is a life cycle?
500

Alerted by underground signals of an aphid attack, bean plants produce chemicals to attract these helpful, predatory insects.

What are wasps?

500

I can be fleshy or dry. I form from a flower.

What is a fruit?

500

Water lilies have long ones to reach the bottom of the pond while cacti have theirs at the surface to catch as much rain as possible. These are examples of

What is a root adaptation?

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