Parts of a Plant
Making Food
Unusual Plants
Seeds and Soil
100
What is the part of a plant that soaks up water and minerals?
Roots
100
What is the name of the green pigment found in plant leaves that help the plant make food?
Chlorophyll
100
It stinks! It only blooms for 2-3 days every 2-3 years.
Corpse flower
100
Soil is made up mostly of these two things
Soil is made up mostly of these two things
200
What is the part of a plant used for support and has tubes for carrying food, minerals and water?
Stem
200
What type of food do plants make in their leaves?
Sugar
200
Bryophytes were the first land plants. Name one of the two types
mosses or liverworts
200
Soil is important for these two main things that plants need to grow
Water and nutrients
300
What is the part of a plant that makes food?
leaves
300
What is the name of the gas released after photosynthesis?
Oxygen
300
This can make you itchy! It typically has a reddish stem and three leaflets.
Poison ivy
300
Describe two things that would describe healthy soil
Dark and moist
400
Why are flowers important?
They make seeds to make more plants
400
What is the name of the gas used in photosynthesis, and why is it important to climate change?
Carbon dioxide, photosynthesis absorbs carbon dioxide which can impact global warming
400
Watch out if you’re a bug! If you land on me, my leaves will close and I will digest you for food.
venus flytrap
400
What are the three parts of a bean seed?
Embryo, seed coat, cotyledon
500
Why is fruit important?
Fruits hold and protect the seeds
500
Describe photosynthesis.
The process by which a plant uses water, carbon dioxide and light energy to create sugar
500
You will find me in High Park. I am a special kind of tree that visitors come to see every spring. What kind of tree am I? Why was I planted there?
cherry trees (Sakura)
They were given in appreciation of Toronto accepting re-located Japanese-Canadians following the Second World War
500
Describe two things that happen when a seed grows?
Roots grow down in the soil
Shoot grows upwards towards the light