Plants Year 3

What are the functions of a plant's roots?

• They hold the plant in the ground.

• They attract insects.

• They help draw water and nutrients into the plant.

• They look nice.

What does a plant's stem do?

• It lets insects crawl up it.

• It holds the plant up away from the ground.

• It is thin.

• It helps transport water and nutrients around the plant.

What is the process called that draws water up the stem of a plant?

• Photosynthesis

• Germination

• Capillary action.

• Pollination

What do leaves do?

• They look nice.

• They attract butterflies.

• They make pollen.

• They turn sunlight into food.

What is the process called that leaves use to turn sunlight into food?

• Germination

• Photosynthesis

• Growth

• Seed dispersal.

Which of theses is NOT a way that seeds are dispersed?

• Wind

• Explosion

• Train

• Animals

What role do insects, like bees. play in the life cycle of flowering plants?

• They transfer pollen from flower to flower.

• They make honey.

• They sting them.

• They make food for the plant.

What does 'germination' mean?

• When a plant makes its own food.

• When a seed begins to grow.

• When water is transported around a plant.

• When a seed is made.