Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow

Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow

IntoReading Text

Read pages 126 and 127

Answer the questions on the next slides

Multiple Choice

What does the section

"What Are Plants?" tell the reader?

• how much sunlight plants need

• what kinds of plants grow fastest

• why sunlight is important for plants

• what kinds of plants are the strongest

Read pages 128 and 129

Answer the questions on the next slides

Multiple Choice

What does a seed need to sprout?

• water and air

• leaves and air

• water and a coat

• leaves and a coat

Multiple Choice

In which step would you sprinkle seeds on top of the cotton balls?

• Step 1

• Step 2

• Step 3

• Step 4

Multiple Choice

Which step happens first in the process?

• The cotton balls are put in a sunny place.

• Make sure the cotton balls stay covered in water.

• Sprinkle seeds on top of the cotton balls.

• Moisten the second bowl's cotton balls all the way through.

Multiple Select

Select the text features that are used on pages 128 and 129.

• labels

• photographs

• maps

• captions

• diagram

Read pages 130 and 131

Use the information in the text to answer the questions on the next slides.

Multiple Choice

On page 130, the author asks the reader to predict how long grass can live without soil. What does the word predict mean?

• see

• learn

• show

• guess

Multiple Select

According to the text on these pages, what two things does a seed need?

• green leaves

• a coat to protect it

• masking tape

• air

• camera

Multiple Choice

What is the goal of the second experiment?

• To make predictions

• to find out how much soil a seed needs

• to find out how green leaves take in and let out air

• to watch grass sprout

Read pages 132 and 133

Use evidence from the text to answer the questions on the following slides.

Multiple Choice

When should you put the plant in the sunny window?

• before you spread petroleum jelly on five leaves

• after you observe the plant for a week

• after you put petroleum jelly on the underside of five leaves

• after you take its picture

Multiple Choice

What causes the leaves to wilt?

• they have tape of them

• they aren't getting enough water

• they are getting too much sun in the window

• air cannot go in and out of the leaves due to the petroleum jelly

Multiple Choice

The author wrote this text to

• to entertain us with plant experiments

• to give information about what a plant needs to grow

• to persuade us to put plants in the window

• to give information about the steps in plating seeds

Examine the information presented in the table on p. 134.

Answer the remaining questions.

Multiple Choice

According to the text feature on page 134, what is the best tool to track how many days it takes for a plant to bloom.

• weight

• ruler

• calendar

• time

Multiple Choice

According to the table on p.134, what is the best unit of measurement for volume?

• ounces

• inches

• days

• cup

Multiple Choice

What is the text MOSTLY about?

• how plants grow

• where plants grow best

• who likes to grow plants

• how long it takes to grow plants

Multiple Choice

What does the author want you to know MOST about growing plants?

• You need certain items to do an experiment.

• Plants need air, water, and food to survive.

• You should write down prediction in a journal.

• Air is a part of photosynthesis.