PLANTS

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PLANTS
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NAME THE PLANT PART
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Take in water and nutrients from the soil
ROOTS
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Fruits and seeds form inside
FLOWER
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Carry water and nutrients from the roots to the
rest of the plant
STEM
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Hold the plant in the ground
ROOTS
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Where the plant makes food
LEAVES
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Holds up the leaves
STEM
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Name the process through which plants make food.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Name the green matter in plants.
Chlorophyll
What does the chlorophyll do?
It traps light energy from the sun.
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What do the leaves take in during photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
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What is released through the leaves during
photosynthesis?
Oxygen
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What do the roots take in during photosynthesis?
Water from the soil
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How does the water get to the leaves?
The stem transports the water.
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The leaves take in _____________ from the air.
carbon dioxide
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____________ is green matter in plants that traps
energy from the _______.
Chlorophyll
sun
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_________ is released when the plant makes food.
Oxygen
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The _______ take in water from the soil. The
stem transports the water to the _________.
roots
leaves
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What is the food in the form of?
SUGAR
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Do all plants go through photosynthesis all year
long?
No, some plants are dormant during the winter.
What does dormant mean?
The plant is saving its energy for growth in the
spring.
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What protects the flower before it blooms?
SEPALS
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Name the female part of the flower.
PISTIL
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What is the pouch at the bottom of the pistil
called?
Ovary
What is inside the ovary?
Egg cells
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Name the male part of the flower.
STAMENS
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What do the stamens produce?
Pollen grains
What is inside each pollen grain?
Sperm cells
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What is the transfer of pollen grains from the
stamen to the pistil called?
Pollination
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What is the joining of an egg cell and a sperm
cell called?
Fertilization
SEED
What does the fertilized egg become?
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Name two ways that plants reproduce.
Spores and seeds
Name two plants that reproduce using spores.
Ferns and mosses