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What do plants need to grow? |
Plants need water, air, sunlight, space and nutrients to grow. |
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What are parts of a plant? |
Roots hold plants in place and take in water and nutrients to soil
Stems hold up plants and carry water and nutrients to leaves Leaves take in sunlight and air and make food for the plant Flowers make seeds |
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How are seeds scattered? |
Some fruits are scattered by air or water. Some fruits get stuck on the fur or feathers of animals. |
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How are plants grouped? |
Some plants have flowers and other kinds do not have flowers. Some plants have cones where seeds grow. |
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Give 2 examples of plants with no flowers. |
Mosses are plants with no flowers, don't make seeds or fruit and do not have leaves, roots or stems. Ferns do not have flowers, don't make seeds, but do have leaves, roots and stems. |
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How are some woodland plants adapted? |
Plants live almost anywhere. The environment is made up of all the living and no living things in a space. Living things have adapted or changed to live in their environment. |
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What is the difference between pine trees and maple trees? |
Pine trees are adapted to live in cold weather. Their small leaves are called needles. Maple trees are adapted to live where summers are warm and winters are cold. |
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Name 3 plants that live near or in water. |
The cardinal plant, stinging nettle and fanwart live near or in water. |
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How are some prairie plants adapted? |
Goldenrod plants have stiff stems and leaves. Prairie smoke has fuzz on its stems and leaves that trap air. Prairie grasses have narrow leaves that hold water. |
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How are some desert plants adapted? |
Desert almond has leaves that grow in different directions to get less sunlight. Saguaro cactus has a long, thick stem that holds water. Octopus tree has short leaves and long spines that protect the plant from animals that want to eat it. |
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How are some marsh plants adapted? |
Cattails are adapted to grow in very wet soil. A sundew plant and a Venus flytrap get nutrients from insects it traps. |
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Nutrients |
Materials that living things need to live and grow |
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Roots |
The part of the plant that holds the plant in place and takes in water and nutrients from the soil. |
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Leaves |
The part of the plant that uses sunlight, air, nutrients and water to make food for the plant |
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Flower |
The part of the plant that makes seeds |
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Seeds |
Many plants grow from these |
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Fruit |
Cover and protect seeds |
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Environment |
All the living and no living things around a plant |
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Adapted |
Changed |
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Woodland |
An environment that covers a large area where many trees live an it can be cold, warm or wet |
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Prairie |
An environment with flat land covered with grasses, having few trees, hot summers and with little rain. |
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Scatter |
To spread out |
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Desert |
An environment with sunny hot days, cool nights and very little rainfall |
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Marsh |
An environment that is very wet where not all nutrients a plant may need can be found in the soil |
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What gives leaves their green color? |
Chlorophyll |
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Living things |
Anything that needs food and has the ability to grow |
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Observe |
To notice or watch carefully |
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Soil |
The dirt a plant grows in
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Deciduous |
A word used to describe when a tree sheds its leaves at the end of a growing season
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Evergreen |
A word used to describe trees that stay green all year |
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Coniferous |
Trees that make cones
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Photosynthesis |
The way plants make food that they eat |