Plants 3rd Grade

Parts of a plant.

100

holds seeds 

fruit

200

This is where the plants food is made.

The leaves

300

Holds the plant tightly in the ground and takes in water and nutrients from the soil.

The roots.

400

Holds up the leaves and the flowers. Also carry nutrients and water from the roots and sugar from the leaves to the rest of the plant.

The stem

500

Plants use this process to make their own food or sugar.

Photosynthesis

Seeds & Stems

100

this type of stem is the hardest and most sturdy

trunk

200

Stem: pumpking; zucchini

grows along the ground

creeper

300

thin stem; green

herb

400

thin wooden stem

shrub; bush

500

thin stem; grows up like ivy

climber

Life Cycle

100

First stage of the life cycle.

Seed

200

Name a way that seeds disperse

wind, animals

300

plants make their own food through the process of

photosynthesis

400

Name 2 of the three things a plant produces from photosynthesis

sugar (food), water, oxygen

500

Name the 3 things a plant needs for photosynthesis

water, carbon dioxide, sunlight

Mystery questions

100

Name something a plant needs in order to germinate

the right temperature, soil, water

200

A plant needs nutrients from the soil, air and ________ and ____________ to survive.

Sun, water

300

Things in the soil that help feed the plant

minerals and nutrients

400

Main function of the spines on a prickly cactus is to 

protect the plant

500

When a plant like the cactus grows spines to protect itself, the plant is __________ to its environment.

adapting

Mixed "Bag"

100

Plants give off what gas: 

Oxygen

200

Plants take in what gas: ________

Carbon dioxide

300

special features that allow plants and animals to survive in their surroundings

adaptations

400

Part of the plant responsible for its green color; capture energy from the sun

chloroplasts

500

openings on leaves that open and close

stomata