Matter
Plant Growth
Challenge
100

Anything that takes up space and has mass.

Matter

100

A part of a plant that can grow into a baby plant.

Seed

100

How living things are connected through what they eat and what eats them.

Food chain

200

A state of matter, such as carbon dioxide in the air.

Gas


200

Material found on Earth's surface, made of tiny rocks and material from dead plants and animals.

Soil

200

Is sunlight matter or energy?

Energy

300

What are the three states of matter?

Solid, liquid, and gas

300

A living thing that makes its own food.

Producer

300
What type of matter is the cause of most of a plant's growth?

Air

400

This gas is taken in by plants during photosynthesis.

Carbon dioxide

400

Tiny openings on plant leaves that allow gas exchange.

Stomata

400

In the willow tree experiment, did the soil lose as much weight as the tree gained?

No

500

True or False: Air is matter, even though we cannot see it.

True

500

Name two things plants take in that help them grow.

Water and carbon dioxide

500

Why does a grown tree weigh more? Name two sources of matter involved in plant growth.

Carbon dioxide from air and water