Plants
Vocabulary
What Plant Parts Do
What part do we eat?
How things happen?
100

humans get food, shade, oxygen & other from _____.

Plants

100
Plants need minerals, also known as__________, from the soil.
nutrients
100
Flowers make ______.
seeds
100

potatoes, carrots, ginger, beets, raddish

roots

100

For seeds to grow, _______ need to be pollinated.

For seeds to grow, flowers need to be pollinated.

200

In what direction does a plant's stem and leaves grow?

towards the sunlight

200

What is young plant called?

seedlings or sprouts


200

What holds up the plant and moves the water and nutrients from the ground to the leaves & flowers?

stem

200

tomatoes, cucumbers, apples, strawberry, peppers

fruit

200


________________ is the green pigment in plants that captures light energy.




Chlorophyll

300

rain, sunlight, insects, nutrients, Carbon Dioxide

What is something that causes change to a plant?

300
What is the covering of the seed called?
seed coat
300
What takes in water and nutrients from the soil?
roots
300

peas, pumpkin, sesame, mustard, sunflower

seeds 

300

Flowers are plant parts that attract insects or other animals. This trick helps a plant's pollen to go from one flower to another called ____________.  

Pollination 

400
The seed is made up of stored food and ____________.
a tiny plant
400

What is the word that means: starting to grow?

germinate or sprouting

400

What does the seed coat do?

protects the seed

(plant:embryo and stored food:endosperm)

400

asparagus, bamboo shoot, celery, sugar cane

stem 

400

Seeds from this summer's garden grow into new plants somewhere different get help from the wind, water, and sometimes an animal

Seed Dispersal or Seed movement

500

What four things does a plant need to grow?

light, air, water, nutrients

500

What is the process called when a plant makes it's own food?  

photosynthesis

500
What uses light, air, water and nutrients to make food for the plant?
leaves
500

basil, kale, arugula, bok choy, lettuce, spinach 

leaves 

500

Plants make their own ____ using sunlight, water, and air in a process called photosynthesis

Food