Plant Basics
What is a plant?
Answer: A living thing that grows and needs water, air, sunlight, and soil.
Which part of the plant grows underground?
Roots
What is a pollinator?
Answer: An animal that moves pollen between plants.
What is photosynthesis?
Answer: The process plants use to make their own food.
What is the first stage of a plant's life cycle?
Name one thing plants need to survive.
E.g. Water, Air, Space, Soil, Sunlight
Which part of the plant carries water from the roots to the leaves?
Stem
Name one pollinator.
Answer: Bee, butterfly, hummingbird, bat, etc.
In which part of the plant does photosynthesis happen?
Answer: Leaves.
What is a habitat?
A place where plants and animals live.
Why are plants important to humans? Give one reason.
Answer: Food, medicine, shelter, clean air, clothing, etc.
Which part of the plant makes food using sunlight?
Leaves
What is pollen?
Answer: A sticky powder found in flowers.
True or False: Plants breathe in Oxygen and breathe out Carbon Dioxide.
False
What happens to a plant during a drought?
Answer: It may not get enough water and could wilt or die.
True or False: Plants are non-living things.
False
What is the job of the flower?
Answer: To help the plant reproduce.
Where is pollen found in a flower?
Answer: In the stamen.
What three things do plants need for photosynthesis?
Answer: Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.
What is one adaptation that helps a cactus survive in the desert?
Answer: Spines, thick stem, storing water, etc.
Name three things plants provide for people.
Answer: Any three of food, medicine, shelter, clothing, clean air.
Name four main parts of a plant and tell one job of each.
Answer: Roots (absorb water), stem (moves water/nutrients), leaves (make food), flower (reproduction).
Why is pollination important?
Answer: It allows plants to reproduce and make more plants.
Explain what happens during photosynthesis.
Answer: Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food and release oxygen.
A plant is growing in a place with very little sunlight. Predict what might happen and explain why.
Answer: It may grow poorly or die because it cannot make enough food through photosynthesis.