Plants Meet Their Needs

Plants Meet Their Needs

Each part has a job​.

Review - Organisms

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• Organisms are living things.

• Organisms have a life cycle:

  • Be Born

  • Grow

  • Rep​roduce

  • Die

• Organisms have needs:

  • Food

  • Water

  • Shelter

  • Air

Multiple Choice

All living things are called _________.

• Organisms

• Habitats

• Life Cycles

Reorder

Order the steps of the Life Cycle.

• Be Born

• Grow

• Reproduce

• Die

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Open Ended

"All organisms need ___, ___, ___, and ___."

Plant Functions​

• A plant is a system with many parts.

• Each part does a job.

• The Science word for job is function.

• Plants survive because their parts work together to perform their functions to meet the plant's needs.

Multiple Choice

The Science word for job is ____.

• Structure

• System

• Function

Multiple Choice

Each part of the plant has ____ functions.

• The same

• Different

Water

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• Plants need water to survive.

• Their roots perform the function of absorbing water.

• Rain falls on the soil where the plants live.

• The roots absorb water from the soil.

• The stem performs the function of transporting water.

• The stem transports water from the roots to the leaves.

Multiple Choice

The ____ absorb water.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Multiple Choice

The roots _____ water from the soil.

• Transport

• Absorb

• Release

Multiple Choice

The ____ transports water.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Multiple Choice

The stem _____ water from the roots to the leaves.

• Transports

• Absorbs

• Releases

Dropdown

"To meet the plant's need for water, the roots ​

Select answer

and the stem ​

Select answer

."

Shelter

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• ​The plant needs shelter to survive.

• The roots perform the function of holding the plant in the soil.

• The stem performs the function of giving the plant a shape.

Multiple Choice

The ____ holds the plant in the soil.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Multiple Choice

The ____ gives the plant a shape.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Multiple Choice

Why don't plants blow away when it is windy?

• The flower absorbs the wind.

• The roots hold the plant in the soil.

• The leaves block the wind.

Open Ended

"To meet the plant's need for shelter, the roots ____."

Air

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• ​Plants need air to survive.

• The leaves perform the function of absorbing carbon dioxide.

• The leaves also perform the function of releasing oxygen. ​

Multiple Choice

The ____ absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Multiple Choice

The leaves ____ carbon dioxide.

• Transfer

• Absorb

• Release

Multiple Choice

The leaves ____ oxygen.

• Transfer

• Absorb

• Release

Dropdown

"To meet the plant's need for air, the leaves absorb ​

Select answer

and release ​

Select answer

."

Dropdown

"To meet the plant's need for air, the leaves ​

Select answer

​carbon dioxide and ​

Select answer

oxygen ."

Food​

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• Plants need food to survive.

• Making food from sunlight is called photosynthesis.

• The leaves perform the function of photosynthesis.

• The leaves absorb sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.

• The leaves release sugar and oxygen.

Multiple Choice

The ____ turn sunlight into food.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Multiple Choice

Plants are ____ so they make their own food.

• Producers

• Consumers

Multiple Choice

_____ is turning sunlight into sugar.

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

Open Ended

"Plants meet their need for food by turning ____ into ____."

Reproduction

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• Plants reproduce by making seeds.

• The flowers perform the function of making seeds.

• Bees come to see the flower, and bring pollen on their feet.

• The pollen combines with ovules to make a seed.

• The seed will grow a baby plant.

Multiple Choice

Plants reproduce by ____.

• Giving birth

• Making seeds

• Laying eggs

Multiple Choice

The ____ makes seeds.

• Roots

• Stem

• Leaves

• Flower

Review

• Roots - absorb water and hold plant in soil

• Stem - transports water and gives plant a shape

• Leaves - absorb carbon dioxide and sunlight to make food

• Flower - interests bees to make seeds​

Match

Match the part to its function.

• Transports water and gives the plant a shape

• Absorbs water from the soil and holds the plant in the ground

• Absorbs Carbon Dioxide and sunlight to make food

• Attracts bees to help the plant reproduce

Stem

Root

Leaf

Flower

• Stem

• Root

• Leaf

• Flower

Open Ended

Name 1 plant structure and describe its function.

"One plant structure is the ___, which helps the plant meet its need for ___, by ____."