Plant Parts
Functions
Basic Needs
Adaptations
Vocabulary
100
Which part of the plant takes in water and holds it in the soil?
Roots
100
What is the job of a plant's leaves?
make food
100
Name 4 things needed in order to grow healthy plants.
water, light, air, soil, nutrients
100
What happens to leaves on trees when there are cooler temperatures and less sunlight?
-change color -fall off
100
This means to increase in size or get bigger.
growth
200
This part of a plant can become a new plant.
Seeds
200
What is the function of the seeds?
Seeds grow into a new plant like the one it came from.
200
Of the basic things a plant needs to survive, which one does the stem carry to the leaves and flowers?
water
200
Why do plants in hot, dry places have thick, waxy leaves?
store water
200
What a living things must have in order to survive.
basic needs
300
Which plant part helps attract insects, like bees, to help it reproduce?
Flowers
300
What does the flower do for the plant?
make seeds
300
Where do plants get the nutrients they need to stay healthy?
soil
300
What adaptation keeps animals from eating a rose bush?
thorns
300
Things in the soil that plants use to grow and stay healthy.
nutrients
400
This plant part carries water and nutrients to and from the other parts of the plant.
Stem
400
What 2 things do the roots of plants do?
1. hold it in place 2. absorb water and nutrients from the soil
400
Of the basic things a plant needs to survive, which one allows the plant to make its own food?
sunlight
400
What root adaptation allows plants to survive where there is little rain?
shallow roots, or roots close to the surface of the land
400
When a plant changes in order to survive in its environment.
adaptation
500
Plants make their own food in which of its parts?
Leaves
500
What are the 2 functions of a plant's stem?
1. hold the plant up 2. carry water and nutrients to other plant parts
500
How are the needs of indoor plants met?
Humans provide water and a sunny location.
500
How have plant stems adapted to life in the grasslands?
they are tall and flexible to blow in the wind without breaking
500
The time in a plant's life when growth is stopped in order to conserve energy; resting for a long time.
dormacy
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