plant adaptations

Helps the plant to anchor to the soil and get water and nutrients.

• Leaves

• Stems

• Roots

• Odd shapes

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Helps the plant to transport water, nutrients, and food from their roots to their leaves.

• Leaves

• Roots

• Stems

• Small leaves

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Are the organs where plants use photosynthesis to produce their food.

• Leaves

• Stems

• Roots

• Detect Sunlight

Plants use _______to capture the sun's energy and produce the food they consume.

• flowers

• photosynthesis

• roots

• stems

This means that they are able to produce their own food.

• Sessile

• Autotrophs

• Photosynthesis

• Physiological

Ways plants adapt to thrive in the habitats where they live, is called?

• Plant adaptation

• Tree adaptation

• flower adaptation

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Plants need sunlight, water, air and nutrients to survive

• True

• False

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Plants live in a large range of habitats.

• True

• False

Some grasses grow in hot dry areas. Why might they grow very deep roots?

• to protect the plant from sun damage

• to take in as much light as possible

• to spread seeds to new places

• to reach water that is underground

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A plant is adapted to a forest with little sunlight. Identify the BEST adaptation this plant might have to ensure its survival.

• extremely long root system

• thick, waxy, spike covered leaves

• ability to attach to and grow upwards on taller trees

• shallow root system near the surface

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