How do the different parts of a plant help it live and grow?

What are the basic parts of almost all plants?

• stem, leaves, seeds, cones

• roots, stems, and leaves

• water, air, and light

• leaves and fruits

What are the main jobs of a plant's roots?

• to hold the plant in place and to soak up water and minerals

• to soak up sunlight

• to move water through the whole plant.

• to help the plant reach sunlight.

Read this sentence: Plants use water, carbon dioxide, and light during photosynthesis. What does the word photosynthesis mean in this sentence?

• the process plants use to make more of themselves.

• the process plants use to make food.

• the process plants use to spread their seeds.

• the process plants use to get what they need from the soil.

What would most likely happen if you didn't let one of the leaves on a plant get air or light?

• There would be no change to the leaf or the plant.

• The plant could not grow any fruit.

• The plant would die.

• The leaf would die.

How do most plants reproduce?

• They take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.

• They lay eggs that grow into new plants.

• They produce seeds that grow into new plants.

• Their flowers fall off and begin growing into a new plant.

When the pollen from a stamen on one flower sticks to the pistil on another flower, ____________, may begin to grow.

• another flower

• a seed

• roots

• a leaf

How might a seed travel to a new place where it can grow?

• It might stick to a dog

• A breeze might carry it down a mountain.

• It might fall into an ocean and grow on an island.

• Any of the above could happen.

When we say that plants reproduce, it means that they ________________.

• grow bigger and bigger

• make a new kind of plant.

• make more of the same kind of plant.

• make their own food.

How do plants help animals survive?

• Plants grow quickly and give off the carbon dioxide animals need.

• Plants provide food and give off the oxygen animals need.

• Plants do not help animal's survive.

• Plants help animals use photosynthesis to make their own food.

Which process involves the transfer of pollen from flower to flower?

• transportation

• fertilization

• pollination

• photosynthesis