Plant life & Our precious resources

The part of a plant that grows underground, gets water from the ground, and holds the plant in place.

• stem

• roots

• tree

• leaf

Black or dark brown rock used as fuel.

• Geothermal

• toxic

• soil

• coal

A tall plant with a trunk and branches made of wood

• Plant

• leaf

• tree

• flower

A plant's stalk.

• stem

• leaf

• tree

• root

(of a supply of something) be used up

• run up

• run out

• run off

• run in

the main woody stem of a tree

• stem

• leaf

• twig

• trunk

a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub

• twig

• trunk

• tree

• leaf

a synonym for "poisonous"

• coal

• leaf

• geothermal

• toxic

The loose upper layer of the Earth's surface where plants grow. It's made of a mix of organic material (decayed plants and animals) and broken bits of rocks and minerals.

• plant

• geothermal

• soil

• toxic

One of the usually flat green parts that grow from a plant stem and that functions mainly in making food by photosynthesis.

• stem

• leaf

• flower

• trunk