Plants & Living ThingsPlants & Living Things

By Spring FiggBy Spring Figg

October 12, 2007October 12, 2007

What are the parts of a plant?What are the parts of a plant?

What are roots?What are roots? What is a stem?What is a stem? What are leaves?What are leaves? What are flowers?What are flowers? What are seeds?What are seeds?

What are the needs of a plant?What are the needs of a plant?

Plants need water.Plants need water. Plants need light.Plants need light. Plants need air.Plants need air. Plants need space to grow.Plants need space to grow.

What is the job of the root?What is the job of the root?

Roots absorb water for the plant.Roots absorb water for the plant. Roots absorb nutrients for the plant.Roots absorb nutrients for the plant.

Where are the plants roots?Where are the plants roots?

What is the job of the stem?What is the job of the stem?

Stems move water to all parts of the plant.Stems move water to all parts of the plant. Stems move nutrients to the plant.Stems move nutrients to the plant.

What is the job of the leaves?What is the job of the leaves?

Leaves are parts of a plant that makes food for Leaves are parts of a plant that makes food for the plant.the plant.

Leaves absorb sunlight for the plant.Leaves absorb sunlight for the plant.

What is the job of the flower?What is the job of the flower?

What is the job of the seed?What is the job of the seed?

Seeds help us grow more plants.Seeds help us grow more plants. Some seeds are food for living things.Some seeds are food for living things.

Why do leaves grow toward light?Why do leaves grow toward light?

What makes a plant a living thing?What makes a plant a living thing?

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