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Plant Parts Activity Directions: Use the links
to The Great
Plant Escape site to find the answers to the questions. 1. What do roots do? a. b. c. Plants can have either a _______________________________ system or a _________________________________system. 2. What are the two things stems do for a plant? a. b. The xylem cells - The phloem cells -
3. The leaves of the plant are important because ...
A simple leaf has
A compound leaf has
The outer surface of the leaf has a waxy coating called a _______________. It ..
The leaves manufacture glucose (a sugar) to feed the plant. This is called _______________________________________________________. For this process, the plant needs ________________________, ____________________________, and _________________________ in the leaves. Photosynthesis supplies _____________________for the plant and a gas called __________________for other forms of life.
4. Flowers are important in __________________________ ____________________________. The female part of a flower is called the The male part of the flower is called the The joining of pollen with an ovule to form a seed is called ______________________________________. Petals are also important parts of the flower because they help attract pollinators. Name three pollinators.
5. Fruit is the ___________________________________________________________________________. Every seed is a tiny plant (embryo) with leaves, stems,
and root parts waiting for the right things to happen to make it ____________________________ and _____________________. 6. All plants need these seven things to grow. Write them.
7. Check what you have learned - Mysteries
8. Life Cycle of a Plant An Annual is - A Biennial lives A perennial plant is -
Which one of these life cycles apply to mammals? 9. Think About It - Which parts of plants do people eat?
10. The science of studying plants is called ... (Use your online research skills to find the answer.)
Watch Green Thumbs video - future channel Conduct the experiment. What are your findings? Complete a Frayer Model for Plants - pdf format | doc. format Challenge yourself - Do another Frayer Model for trees or algae. Dig into Saving the Plants. | Inside a Leaf | Plant Explorer | Sleeping seeds | Field Ecology: Successful Seeds Biology of Plants | The Life Cycle of Plants | Do this Life Cycle activity | Lichens - plant cooperation Observation - Science Skill Builders > 40 activities Capturing Carbon - Nova Science Now online video Jul. 2008 Variation - grouping things. Watch Variation and classification
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2006 Cynthia J. O'Hora Educators may print a hunt, exactly as it appears, for use in a classroom setting. Save a tree - use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid , or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work. I have never liked losing my work. You will not like it either. Be sure to enter your name & the date at the top of the document. Submit via email attachment or class dropbox. Bad things happen: Save a copy of the response document for your records. Proof read your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. Make your own printer paper answer sheet |