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Plants Part 1
Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plants that have flowers have these. | seeds |
| This protects the young plant inside the seed until it is ready to sprout. | seed coat |
| This is what a seed needs to sprout. | moisture |
| True or False. Each part of the plant has a specific job. | true |
| True or False. After a young plant has broken through the seed coat, the seed coat dies. | true |
| When a farmer plants his corn, what 4 things must there be for the seed to grow? | moisture, the right temperature, air, and soil |
| What provide for all living things? | plants |
| What are the 3 main parts of seeds? | seed coat, young plant, and food for the young plant |
| What is the seed coat? | the hard outer covering of a seed |
| What happens to the seed coat when the seed begins to sprout? | The seed pops open, falls off, and dies. |
| Name 2 ways that you depend on plants to live. | as food to eat, and as material for building houses |
| All flowering plants have these. | seeds |
| What protects the young plant from drying out or from being easily crushed? | seed coat |
| What is the flowers job? | to make seeds |
| What is the name of the yellow powder formed in the flower? | pollen |
| What process moves pollen from flower to flower? | pollination |
| What is the stems job? | to hold up the plant and to carry water and minerals from the roots to the leaves |
| What is the leaf's job? | to make food for the plant |
| What is the food-making process in green plants called? | photo-syn-the-sis |
| What simple sugar is made in the process of photosynthesis? | glucose |
| What 4 things are needed to complete the process of photosynthesis? | chlorophyll, sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| What is chlorophyll? | the green material in plants |
| What does sunlight provide in this process? | energy |
| What is carbon dioxide? | a gas given off by people and animals as they breathe which is used by plants to make food |