Plants, Plants, Plants!

What Living Things Need

100

I am a living thing that makes my own food.

What is a plant?

200

I am the 3 BASIC things a plant needs to make its own food.

What is sunlight, air and water.

300

When plants make food, they give off this gas. We need to breathe this in order to live.

What is oxygen?

400

When leaves break down they become this and are good for the soil. (Hint: the green bin)

What is compost?

500

I am what comes out of the ground right after you place a seed. I am a very tiny plant.

What is a sprout?

Plants Make New Plants

100

This can grow into a new plant. Most fruits have these.

What is a seed?

200

I am 3 things that can move pollen between flowers.

What are birds, bees, wind and water.

300

This covers the seed on the outside.

What is a seed coat?

400

Some seeds have me. I am hard and I provide an extra layer of protection for the seed. Hint: Peanuts have me.

What is a shell?

500

This shows how a living thing grows, lives, makes more of its kind & dies. It begins with a seed.

What is a life cycle?

Fruits

100

When a fruit is BLANK it can be picked and is ready to be eaten.

What is ripe?

200

Fruits protect me. I live inside a fruit. There can be 1 or me or many, many of me.

What is a seed?

300

I am an orange fruit with many seeds. I am round and shiny on the outside and juicy on the inside.

What is an orange?

400

I am a small round fruit. I am brown on the outside and green on the inside. I have many tiny, black seeds.

What is a kiwi?

500

Roots always grow down into me to keep the plant in one place. There are many minerals in me.

What is the ground?

Plant Parts

100

I hold the plant in the soil. I also take in water and minerals. I also store food for the plant.

What are the roots?

200

I take in air and use sunlight to make food.

What are leaves?

300

I hold up the plant. I allow water and food to travel through the plant.

What is the stem?

400

The part of a plant that can become a fruit.

What is a flower?

500

Most flowers make me. I am a sticky powder inside the flower than helps to make the seeds.

What is pollen?

How Plants are Alike and Different

100

I am the name of the seed for an oak tree. Squirrels eat me.

What is an acorn?

200

Mehndi comes from this part of a plant.

What are leaves?

300

Trees and other plants that live in very wet places have this size of leaves.

What are large leaves?

400

This tree lives in a very dry place. It has almost no leaves! It stores its water in its thick stem.

What is a Joshua Tree?

500

I am a flower that has seeds that move with the wind. I have long, light tufts that can float in the air. I am white and circular shaped.

What is a dandelion?