Plant Parts Activity
Directions: Use the links
to The Great
Plant Escape site to find the answers to the questions.
Use a Bookmark,
to return to this page. Printer version
1. What do roots do?
a.
b.
c.
Plants can have either a _______________________________ system or a __________________________________________system.
2. What are the two things stems do for a plant?
a.
b.
The xylem cells -
The phloem cells -
3. The leaves of the plant are important because ...
A simple leaf has
A compound leaf has
The outer surface of the leaf has a waxy coating called a _______________. It ..
The leaves manufacture glucose (a sugar) to feed the plant. This is called
_______________________________________________________.
For this process, the plant needs ________________________, ____________________________, and _________________________ in the leaves.
Photosynthesis supplies _____________________for the plant and a gas called __________________for other forms of life.
4. Flowers are important in __________________________ ____________________________.
The female part of a flower is called the ______________________________________________________________________.
The male part of the flower is called the __________________________________________________________.
The joining of pollen with an ovule to form a seed is called ______________________________________.
Petals are also important parts of the flower because they help attract pollinators. Name three pollinators.
5. Fruit is the ________________________________________________________________________________.
Every seed is a tiny plant (embryo) with leaves, stems, and root parts waiting for the right things to happen to make it ____________________________ and
_____________________.
6. All plants need these seven things to grow. Write them.
| 1. | 4. |
| 2. | 5. |
| 3. | 6. |
| 7. |
Check what you have learned - Mysteries
| 1. | 4. |
| 2. | 5. |
| 3. | 6. |
Life Cycle of a Plant
An Annual is -
A Biennial lives
A perennial is -
Which one of these life cycles apply to mammals?
Think About It - Which parts of plants do people eat?
The science of studying plants is called ... (Use your online research skills to find the answer.)
Dig into Saving the Plants.
Do this Life Cycle activity
Lichens - plant cooperation
Variation - grouping things
Do this Dichotomous Key activity for two of the species.
Make a Dichotomous Key for a species of fruit or vegetable served at lunch this week.
"Come forth into the light of things,
Let nature be your teacher."...William
Wordsworth
Done Already?
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Save a tree use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the wp document in an easily read, contrasting color or font. (No yellow, no Symbols, 
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font) Please do not put the answer documents on the web because they will show up in a search engine, making them like the odd question answers in the back of the math text. Or perhaps you have the resources to record verbal answers. If you do, be sure to first read / record the question. Then record the answer immediately after it. MYO Printed answer sheet.