Plant Structures 1
Plant Structures 2
How Plants Respond to Environment
How Plants Respond to Environment
Vocabulary
100
Martin puts a seedling plant in a glass of water. He know that the plant will absorb the water. In what order will the plant travel through the part plants?
Through the roots, then the stem, then the leaves.
100
What is the function of the stem for a plant?
It carries the nutrients and water to the leaves.
100
Jorge places a light to the right of a plant and the plant turns toward the light. What would happen if Jorge turned the plant to face in the opposite direction of the plant?
The stem would bend and grow toward the light.
100
How do stems respond to gravity?
By growing upwards or away from the pull of gravity.
100
Measure of how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature.
200
What are the functions of the roots of a plant? (2)
What is to absorb water and nutrients from the soil, and to hold the plant in the ground.
200
If Maria made a plant structures flipbook, what would she describe as the function of the leaves?
They make food for the plant.
200
How do roots respond to gravity?
By growing downward or towards the Earth's center.
200
Plant A was placed outside and bent towards the light, Plant B was placed inside by a window and bent towards the light and Plant C was also placed inside but did not bend towards the light. What can you infer about Plant C.
Plant C was in a dark corner or could not sense the light.
200
Seeds start to grow.
What is germinate.
300
Kiera makes a model of an apple tree. She includes leaves, roots and stems. Which part is missing?
What are the flowers.
300
If you were to study and apple and a cone, what would you find inside of both of these plant parts?
What are seed?
300
Some wheat plants need to go through a period of cold temperatures to grow into adult plants. When would be the best time to plant these wheat seeds? Spring, Summer, Winter or Fall?
What is fall?
300
This type of weather can harm a plant.
What is freezing weather.
300
Pulls things towards Earth's surface.
What is gravity.
400
Food is made in the leaves of a plant. What is the pathway of the food through the plant.
From the leaves, to the stems, to the roots.
400
What plant parts hold seeds and allows the plant to reproduce? (2)
What are the flowers and fruit.
400
When do buds come out?
When the temperature is warm.
400
If a plant falls over and the roots are still in the soil, what will happen to the plant?
The stem will bend and begin to grow upwards.
400
Materials that living things such as plants need to grow.
What are nutrients.
500
Jamal notices that there are needle-like leaves on a tree in his backyard. What can he say that the needles do from the tree?
They make food for the plant.
500
What is the definition of reproduce?
To produce offspring
500
Some seeds will only release there seeds when it is what type of temperature. (Give an example)
What is burning hot. Example - forest fire
500
Why does a plant grow upwards?
It is responding to against the pull of gravity.
500
The plant part that helps some plants reproduce.
What is a flower?