Vocabulary Week of March 13th

the part of a plant that usually grows underground. Roots take up water and nutrients and hold the plant in the soil.

• root

• flower

• leaf

• xylem

the part of a plant that has petals and that makes fruit or seeds; blossom. 

• root

• flower

• leaf

• xylem

one of the usually green, flat parts of a plant or tree that grows from the stem or branch.

• root

• flower

• leaf

• xylem

a plant’s woody tissue that carries water and mineral salt. 

• root

• flower

• leaf

• xylem

the process by which a green plant uses sunlight to change water and carbon dioxide into food for itself. 

• environment

• photosynthesis

• life cycle

• fruits

everything that surrounds a particular type of living thing and affects its growth and health. 

• environment

• photosynthesis

• life cycle

• fruits

the sequence of changes that a living thing goes through as it grows and develops. Birth, growth, reproduction, aging, and death are all stages in the cycle of an animal. 

• environment

• photosynthesis

• life cycle

• fruits

These are the parts of plants that protect seeds and help the seed get moved from place to place by an animal.

• environment

• photosynthesis

• life cycle

• fruits