Characteristics of Plants
What is vegetation?
Vegetation is all the plants that grow in one place.
Fill in the blank: plants can reproduce with or without ___________.
seeds
When we eat broccoli, what part of the plant do we eat?
We eat the flower.
True or false: All land is cultivated.
False.
What do all plants have in common?
They generally have green leaves, they don't move around, they don't have sense organs, they use photosynthesis to make their own food.
Name the two parts of the flower signaled in the picture. (google classroom)
pistil and ovules
Name three materials we get from plants (not including food).
Wood and paper from trees
Fabric from cotton plants
Resin from trees to make glue
Medicine from certain plants
What are wild plants?
They are plants that aren't cultivated.
How do plants make their own food? Name and describe the process.
They use photosynthesis to make their own food. The leaves absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide. With water and sunlight, the plant turns carbon dioxide into nutrients. The leaves expel oxygen.
Name the two parts of the flower signaled in the picture. (google classroom)
stamen and pollen
When we eat asparagus, what part of the plant do we eat?
When we eat tomatoes, what part of the plant do we eat?
We eat the stem
We eat the fruit
Look at the picture (google classroom). Are these cultivated or wild trees?
Cultivated
Name the three main parts of a plant. Describe what each part does.
The roots grow underground and absorb water and minerals.
The stem grows aboveground and transport nutrients to the leaves and flower.
The leaves absorbs carbon dioxide and sunlight, and expel oxygen.
Name the four parts of flower signaled in the picture.
Name the two types of plant cultivation.
Describe what we use the plants for.
Agriculture; we grow plants for food.
Forestry; we grow plants for wood.
What are the three types of plants? For each plant, describe the stem and an example.
1. trees: tall, a big stem called 'trunk', pine tree
2. bushes: smaller than trees, thin hard stems, lavender
3. grasses: thing, flexible stems, wheat
How do plants without seeds reproduce?
Name two types of plants that reproduce without seeds.
They reproduce with spores.
Fern and moss
How do plants benefit the environment? Think of photosynthesis.
They release oxygen, and all living organisms need oxygen to survive.
Why is it dangerous (peligroso) to cut down too many wild trees?
It destroys the natural environment.