Experiment With What Plants Need to Grow

What does the section “What Are Plants?” tell the reader?

• how much sunlight plants need

• what kinds of plants grow fastest

• why sunlight is important for plants

• what kinds of plants are the strongest

What does a seed need to sprout?

• water and air

• leaves and air

• water and a coat

• leaves and a coat

The author asks the reader to predict how long grass can live without soil. What does the word predict mean?

• see

• learn

• show

• guess

In the second experiment, what happens that shows leaves need air?

• Leaves that are the biggest wilt.

• Leaves that have jelly on them wilt.

• Leaves that are on the bottom are greenest.

• Leaves that are on the bottom have jelly on them.

What is the passage MOSTLY about?

• how plants grow

• where plants grow best

• who likes to grow plants

• how long it takes to grow plants

Who is the author of the story?

A _______________ is a series of steps that happen in order.

• sprout

• process

• spiky

• fuels

When a plant begins to grow, it does this ________________.

• moisten

• seedlings

• fuels

• sprouts

Something _________________ has sharp points.

• sprout

• moisten

• seedlings

• spiky

Which word means the opposite of take away?

• provides

• moisten

• seedlings

• spiky