What is a plant?
Simple Plants
Plants and Seeds
Seeds
How plants make food
100
four things a plant needs
air, water, soil, light
100
An example of a simple plant
moss
100
the first stage of growth in a plant
the seed
100
three things found in a seed
seed coat, a seedling, and food for the plant
100
the process by which plants make their own food
photosynthesis
200
The part of a plant that is underground and takes in water and minerals from the soil
roots
200
Three things a simple plant does not have
roots, stems, and leaves
200
the job of a seed
to carry the information needed to grow into plants that look like the adult plant they came from
200
four ways seeds are spread
animals, water, wind, by being dropped from the plant
200
the green color of plants comes from this
chlorophyl
300
The part of the plant that carries water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
the stem
300
How simple plants get water and nutrients
they take it in directly from the environment
300
two groups of seed forming plants
plants that have flowers and plants that have cones
300
true or false : Some plants can be grown from plant parts
true
300
the job of chlorophyll
it helps the plant use the energy from the sun to make food
400
The part of the plant that grow from the stem and helps the plant get the air and light it needs
leaves
400
most simple plants live here
in damp places
400
when the small plant breaks out of the seed, we say the seed _____
germinates
400
two things a seed needs
water and warmth
400
four things a plan needs to make food
chlorophyll, sunlight, water, air (carbon dioxide)
500
The tiny things that all living things are made of
cells
500
Why are most simple plants small?
they do not have the parts to carry water and minerals so they must be small so those things can reach all parts of the plant
500
another name for the young plant that breaks out of the seed
seedling
500
explain the stages of growth of a seed
begins as a seed, the small plant breaks out of the seed (it germinates), a root grows from the seedling, the roots and stem grow longer, the seedling breaks through the soil
500
three ways plants use the food they make
to grow larger, to make seeds, or to store in stems, roots, or fruit