Parts of a Plant
These grow underground and soak up water like a straw
What are roots?
A tiny plant that has just started to grow out of a seed is called this.
What is a sprout or a seedling?
This yellow and black insect is one of the most famous pollinators.
What is a bee?
Plants don't eat food like we do; instead, they use this from the sky to make their own energy.
What is Sunlight?
This is the "brown stuff" we plant our seeds in that gives them nutrients.
What is dirt or soil?
This part acts like a pillar to hold the plant up straight.
What is the stem?
This is the first step of a life cycle, when a seed begins to grow.
What is germination?
Pollinators visit flowers to drink this sweet liquid.
What is nectar?
This is the name for the green "magic" inside leaves that catches the sunlight.
What is Chlorophyll?
We pick these things out of the garden, so they don't overtake the plants we planted.
What are weeds?
These take in sunlight to help the plant make its own food.
What are leaves?
True or False: Every plant life cycle eventually ends with the plant making new seeds.
What is true?
This is the yellow powder that pollinators move from one flower to another.
What is pollen?
During photosynthesis, plants "breathe out" this gas that humans need to survive.
What is Oxygen?
If a plant’s leaves are turning brown and crispy, it probably needs more of this.
What is water?
This is the colorful part of the plant that helps it make seeds.
What is the flower?
This is what we call a plant when it is fully grown and ready to make flowers.
Besides bees, name another animal that helps pollinate flowers.
What is a butterfly/hummingbird/bat?
Plants take in this gas from the air (the stuff humans breathe out) to help make food.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
If a plant is leaning to one side, it is likely trying to find more ______.
What is sunlight?
These are hidden inside fruits or flowers and can grow into brand new plants.
What are seeds?
These three things are what a seed needs to "wake up" and start growing.
What are water, sunlight, and soil?
Without pollinators, most plants would not be able to grow this "sweet" thing that holds seeds.
What is fruit?
Photosynthesis is the process of a plant turning sunlight, water, and air into this kind of "food."
What is Sugar (or Glucose)?
This is the process plants use to turn sunlight into food.