Parts
What keeps the tree in place?
Roots
A plant needs it to live. Give two most important things we've learned.
Water and sunlight
Which animal helps spread pollen from flower to flower?
Bees
It is a sticky powder inside a flower that helps make seeds.
Pollen
It takes in water and nutrients from the soil.
Roots
Desert plants must collect rain whenever it falls. Which plant part helps them do that?
1) wide spreading roots
2) sharp prickly spines
3) small waxy leaves
wide spreading roots
What does a maple seedling grow into as an adult?
a) A redwood tree
b) A maple tree
c) An oak tree
b) A maple tree
Before a flower can make fruit and seeds ______ must happen in the flower.
pollination
Some plants have different parts. Tell us all of the plant parts.
stem, branches, feet, leaves, eyes, head, flower, nose, roots
stem, branches, leaves, flower, roots
Flat, wide leaves can help a plant to:
a) soak up water
b) absorb sunlight
c) get nutrients from the soil
absorb sunlight
Pollen is moved by animals such as birds and bees. Which can also move pollen? Give two examples
wind and water
Why pollination is important?
To make new seeds
Plants need water and nutrients. The name of the structure that carries water and nutrients through plants is called a _______.
Stem
A student thinks that plants need light to live. Which test would help show whether this is true?
a) growing some plants in sand and other plants in dark soil
b) growing some plants in a dark closet and other plants in the Sun
c) growing some plants in a cold room and other plants in a hot room
d) growing some plants with a lot of water and other plants without any water
b) growing some plants in a dark closet and other plants in the Sun
How do plants depend on animals and the wind to help them make new plants?
They disperse seeds.
How do pollinations happen?
When pollen gets from stamen to pistil pollination will happen.
How do roots help a plant get what it needs to survive?
They help bring water to the plant.
How a cactus can survive in a desert without water?
It keeps water in its stem.
A seed that is prickly is most likely to
a) be carried by the wind
b) travel to a new place on animal fur
c) make a new plant with rough leaves
b) travel to a new place on animal fur
A bee lands on a flower. Pollen collects on the hairs of the bee’s legs. Pollen falls off when the bee lands on other flowers. This is how bees move pollen from one flower to another.
Name the parts of the bee and the parts of the flower that we should include in our pollination model.
1) bees legs
2) stamen
3) pistil