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What do plants get from soil?
Nutrients (water and minerals).
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Name two functions of roots.
To absorb water and nutrients and support the plant by keeping it in place.
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Name two functions of a stem.
To support or hold up the plant and transport water and nutrients to the rest of the plant.
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What is the function of a leaf.
The leaf turns sunlight into food (photosynthesis).
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What is the function of a flower?
To attract pollinators and reproduce (make new seeds).
200
What is a carnivore?
A living thing that only eats meat (other animals).
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What is a consumer?
A living thing that needs to eat other plants or animals to live.
200
What is an herbivore?
A living thing that only eats plants.
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Why does a plant need sunlight?
Sunlight is an important part of the food-making process called "photosynthesis".
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What is a producer?
A plant or living thing that makes its own food.
300
What is a scientific word that means "to soak up or take in"?
Absorb
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What do plants need to grow?
Sunlight, water, soil (nutrients), air, and space.
300
Why is it important for plants to have space?
They compete for resources. If plants are too close together they may not get enough sunlight, enough air or absorb enough nutrients from soil.
300
True or False: Plants can grow in outer space.
False. Plants need air, sunlight, nutrients, and space to grow. There is no air in outer space.
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What attracts insects to a plant?
The smell and/or sight of flowers (usually).
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What is the difference between a stem and a trunk?
They have the same functions but a trunk is usually larger and more woody than a stem. (A trunk is like a stem for a tree)
400
How much sunlight and water does a plant need to live?
Just the right amount. Different plants have different needs. Too much or too little water and sunlight can kill a plant.
400
Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are called what?
Pollinators.
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How are plants helpful or useful to humans?
They provide food and breathable air (oxygen).
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What is the word for a living thing that eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
500
This dog has seeds on its head. Why?
The seeds have small hooks that stick to animal fur so the plant can disperse (spread) to other places and make new plants.
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What is happening and how does it help the plant?
The bee is spreading pollen from another flower. Pollination helps flowers make seeds and reproduce (make new plants).
500
A plant in a pot gets a lot of sun every day but dies. How could this have happened?
--Not enough water.
--Not enough minerals in the soil.
--Too much sunlight.
--The temperature was not right for the plant.
500
A cow is a producer, consumer, carnivore, or herbivore? (Choose two)
Cows are consumers because they eat other plants. Cows are herbivores because they eat plants, not meat.
500
How is this bear helping the plant?
The bear will eat the fruit and help disperse plant seeds.