Parts of a Plant and Germination

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Parts of a Plant and Germination

Multiple Choice

What are plants?

• living things

• non living things

What are Plants?

Plants are living things. They play a very important role in our lives.

Plants give us

• They give us Oxygen to breathe in. They also purify air by taking carbon dioxide.

Open Ended

What all do we get from the plants?

What all we get from plants?

• They give us lot of things like food, sugar, oil, fibers, rubber, tea, coffee and spices.

• We also get wood for various things like furniture, buildings construction etc

• We also get paper, let's see how paper is made.

To meet our needs we need to grow plants

Let us see how we can grow plants....

Open Ended

Do you know what first basic thing we need to grow plants apart from soil?

Seeds

• They are found in fruits.

• In some fruits there are many seeds like papaya,

• in some there are few seeds like in apple, orange

• and in some fruits there is only one big seed like that in Mango

Do you know some plants also grow through

• Stems,

• Flowers,

• Roots, and

• Leaves?

What do we need to grow a seed into a new plant?

Let's see...

We need soil.

Take the seed and insert it in the soil. When we insert the seed in soil we have to ensure that it gets enough space to grow.

After sowing the seed we need to water the seed and give it adequate sunlight.

Conditions necessary for seed to grow are

Let's watch..

So now we know that the seed should get proper ....

• Water

• Air

• Sunlight

• to grow into a plant.

Open Ended

Which part of the plant grows first (inside the soil)?

The root grows downward in the soil.

FUNCTION:- 1. They absorb nutrients and water from the soil for the plants to grow healthier.

2. They also hold the plant firmly on the ground.

There after comes the small shoot.

Also called as seedling.

After this the seedling grows into a big plant.

Open Ended

Do you know what is this process by which a seed grows into a new plant called?

Germination

Parts of a Plant

and their role

They are

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Buds

• Flowers

• Fruits

Open Ended

Which part of the plant carries water and minerals to the other parts of the plant?

Stem

• It also supports the plant.

• It carries water and minerals to the other parts of the plant.

Open Ended

What do the leaves do? Can you write and tell me?

Leaves: They prepare food for the plant in the presence of sunlight and green colour.

Hence they are called the Kitchen of the plant.

Flowers and Fruits

Flowers give us pollen and fruits give us seeds for germination of a new plant.

Activity

Leaf Printing

Multiple Choice

Which direction does the root grow?

• up

• right

• down

Multiple Choice

Which is the first part of a plant that comes out of a seed?

• root

• shoot

Multiple Select

What three things do a seed need in order to start growing?

**Make sure you choose 3!**

• water

• temperature

• seed

• light

Multiple Choice

What is this process?

• Germination

• Planting

Multiple Choice

What do the leaves of a plant do?

• They make the food for the plant. They are called kitchen of the plant.

• They take in the water from the ground.

• They transport water to the other parts of the plants

Multiple Choice

What does the stem of the plant do?

• It makes food for the plant.

• It takes in the water from the ground.

• It transports water to the other parts of the plant.

• It exchanges gases with the surroundings.

Multiple Choice

The part of the plant that absorbs water are the _________.

• Roots

• Flowers

• Stem

• Leaves

Multiple Choice

What is this?

• roots

• leaves

• stem