Transcript How Plants Live and Grow

How Plants Live
and Grow
What Do Roots, Stems, and Leaves
Do?
ROOTS
 Grow down into the
soil.
 Hold plants tightly in
the ground.
 Take water and
minerals from the
soil.
Root
STEMS
 They hold up the
leaves, flowers , and
fruit of a plant.
 Carry the water and
minerals from the
roots to the rest of
the plant.
 Also carry sugars.
Stem
LEAVES
 Are in charge of
making sugar for the
plant.
 Take Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) and release
Oxygen.
Leaf
WHAT DOES A PLANT
NEED FOR LIVING?
 Light: they use it to
produce sugar.
 Water
 Minerals: nonliving
material found in the
soil.