Unit 4 vocab
This is something you should pull to give plants space to grow?
weeds
Which kind of plant has a soft stem and a short life.
Grasses have this.
This is a cold environment.
tundra
Where can you find cacti?
In the desert.
What does Mr. Jay and Mr. Louw like to drink.
Coffee
A food chain shows the movement of this?
energy
What does the fruit do?
It holds the seeds.
This is a dry grassy environment.
Prairie.
Which environment has arctic flowers?
Tundra
Do pine trees have flowers?
No, they don't have flowers. They only have cones with seeds in them.
What are things in the soil that help plants grow?
Nutrients
What are 5 basic needs of plants?
They are sunlight, air, water, space and nutrients.
Very dry environment with little rain.
Desert
List one living thing you can find in the rain forest.
Toucan, tree, monkey...
Which two plants have woody stems and a long life.
They are tree and shrubs.
What is soil made up of? You may use a sentence or list of associated vocabulary.
It's made of small pieces of rock and once-living things.
Sand and nutrients.
Describe how water moves from the soil to the flowers, fruit and leaves.
The root takes in the water from the soil and it then goes to the stem which takes it to the rest of the plant.
1.) Salty water environment with animals in the top layer.
2.) What is a plant-like protist that you might find there?
Ocean
Kelp
Name two animals that you can find in the prairie?
Bison and prairie dog.
Give an example of a food chain.
sunlight and leaf > caterpillar > bird
What three things does a leaf need to make food? List three vocabulary.
sunlight, air and water
Describe how a plant reproduces.
The flower makes a seed. The flower becomes a fruit which holds the seed. When the seed gets into the soil, it grows into a new plant.
1.) A tree that you can find in the desert.
2.) A flower you can find in the prairie.
Joshua Tree
Coneflower
Why do think rainforest plants have big leaves?
Rainforests are dark environments so they need bigger leaves to collect more light.
What color is the Sun?
It is white.