Plants Need Sunlight

Plants only need 3 ingredients to make their own food. Which of the following IS NOT necessary?

• Sunlight

• Air

• Soil

• Water

True or False: Nutrients are considered food.

• True

• False

Nutrients are most commonly found in-

• water and soil.

• air and sunlight.

Plant roots ______ nutrients and water from the dirt.

Plants usually make their food in their -

• stem.

• roots.

• leaves.

• petals.

Leaves on a plant are covered with stomata. What are stomata?

• veins.

• tiny holes.

• tubes.

• suction cups.

How does a plant absorb air?

• Through tiny holes on its leaves.

• Through the roots in the ground.

• Through tiny tubes in its tissue.

• Through the pollen in its flowers.

What ends up being a plants food?

• Chlorophyll

• Photosynthesis

• Liquid sugar

• Phloem tissue

If a plant gets enough air, water, and sunlight, it can make extra food. Extra food is stored in its-

• stem.

• roots.

• leaves.

• stomata.

Chlorophyll gives the leaf its green color. Its job is to-

• send extra food to the roots.

• collect air.

• trap light energy.

• absorb nutrients from the soil.