Transcript Life Science-Plants Part 1 of 2

Life Science-Plants
Part 1 of 2
Mrs. Delaup
Ms. Martinez
Abney Elementary
1.Are plants living or non living?
• Plants are living (biotic) things.
2. What is the big difference
between plants and animals?
• The one big difference between plants
and animals is that plants can make
their own food.
3. What is the name of the
process that allows plants to
make their own food, and where
does this process take place?
• A plant makes its
own food by a
process called
photosynthesis
which takes place
in the plant’s
leaves.
4. The process of photosynthesis
• The process of
photosynthesis:
• Light is trapped in
the chlorophyll, the
material that makes a
leaf green.
• The light energy
starts the food making
process.
4 b. What are carbon dioxide and
water used to make?
• The plant uses
carbon dioxide and
water to make the
food.
4 c. In photosynthesis, the leaves
take in carbon dioxide. What do
the roots take in?
• The leaves take in
carbon dioxide and
the roots take in the
water.
4 d. In photosynthesis the water
travels to what plant part?
• The water travels to
the leaves.
4 e. What do the leaves use to
make food from the carbon
dioxide and water?
• The leaves use the
energy from the
light to make food
from the carbon
dioxide and water.
4 f. What is the food that is
made by a plant?
• The food that is
made by the plant is
sugar.
4 g. What plant part gives off
oxygen?
• Oxygen is a waste
product of
photosynthesis.
• It is given off by
the leaves.
5. What are the four components
that allow photosynthesis to take
place?
• A plant needs light, carbon dioxide,
chlorophyll, and water to carry out
photosynthesis.
5a. What give plants their green
color?
• Chlorophyll gives
plants their green
color.
6. What are the three basic plant
parts?
• There are three basic plant parts :
leaves, stems, and roots.
7. Are all leaves the same?
• Leaves come in different shapes and
sizes.
8. What is a leaf’s job?
• Leaves help carry out the process of
photosynthesis.
What is a stem’s job?
• Stems support plants and give them
shape.
• They also contain tubes that carry
water and minerals from the roots and
food from the leaves to all parts of the
plant.
• Stems also store water and food.
10. Where are roots located?
What is their job?
• Roots: There are many different types of
roots, however most roots are underground and
hold plants in the soil.
• Roots take in water and nutrients that plants
need for photosynthesis.
• Ex: Cacti have roots that grow near the
surface because it is easier to collect rain
water near the surface in their very dry
climate.
11. What does a plant need from
its environment in order to
survive?
• To live, a plant needs four things from
its environment- air, nutrients, water,
and light.
12. What gas is breathed out by
animals and taken in by plants?
• Carbon Dioxide is a gas breathed out by
animals and taken in by plants.
13. What do plants get from soil,
water, and rain?
• Plants get nutrients from soil and water
from rain.