G5 Chapter 5 Lesson 1

What do plants need to grow?

• sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, nutrients
• sunlight, water, soil, air
• sunlight and water
• sunlight, water, and food

All plants need the same amount of sunlight and water to grow.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Where do most plants make food?

• stems
• flowers
• seeds
• leaves

This part of the plant holds the leaves up to the sunlight.

• roots
• flowers
• stems
• leaves

This part of the plant takes in water and nutrients the plant needs to make food.

• leaves
• roots
• stems
• flowers

This part of the plant absorbs energy from the sun and takes in carbon dioxide.

• roots
• stems
• leaves
• flowers

The process in which plants make sugar (food) is called ....

• photography
• photosynthesis
• nutrients

Name a waste product of photosynthesis.

• carbon dioxide
• sugar
• oxygen
• soil

Roots...

• absorb energy from the sun
• hold up leaves so they can get sunlight
• take in water and nutrients from the soil
• pass waste products into the air

Leaves...

• capture energy from sunlight to make food
• make seeds so plants can reproduce
• have tubelike structures to carry sugar to the roots
• absorb water and nutrients from the soil