Plant Structure

Is it possible for a plant to survive if the roots are removed from the soil?

• Yes. As long as the plant has water it can survive

• No. Plants will die without soil

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What does the roots do?

• Root into the ground

• Hold the plant in the ground and absorb nutrients and water.

• Transport food

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Why is the plant growing towards the light?

• It is lonely

• The plant is scared of the dark

• Plants need light to produce food

• it's not?

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What part of the plant is the "highway"

• Stem

• Leaves

• Roots

• Flowers

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Food is produced in the leaves then travels through ______...

• Body

• Petals

• Roots

• Stem

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What do the leaves need to make food?

• Water, air, light and heat

• Water

• Plant food

• Light and water

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What direction does the roots grow?

• Upward

• Towards the sun

• Towards the sides

• Down because gravity pulls them that way.

If I place a plant in the closet and a plant in the windowsill and water them the same. Why would the plant in the closet not grow?

• It would grow well if watered.

• It was to dark in the closet.

• It was flooded

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What part of the plant transports all the food and nutrients?

• Roots

• Leaves

• Flowers

• Stem

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Select all: What are the ways that plants can reproduce?

• Flowers

• Spores

• Cones

• Seeds