Identifying leaves

Parts of a plant

A closer look

What do leaves do?

Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

What do leaves do?

Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

What do leaves do?

Plants make food in their leaves

What do leaves do?

Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

What do leaves do?

The flat part of a leaf is called a blade. The blade blocks the sunlight.

What do leaves do?

Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

What do leaves do?

A leaf has veins which move water through it

What do leaves do?

Leaves take in sunlight and air to make food.

What do leaves do?

A leaf has hundreds of holes in it.

A leaf has hundreds of holes in it.

What do leaves do?

How do leaves make food?

water

sunlight

soil

air

oil

clothes

birdseed

spices

flour

sugar

What do leaves tell us?

What do leaves tell us?

What do leaves tell us?

Putting it together

GlossaryBlade – The flat part of a leaf, takes in a lot of sunlight

Bud – A bud is a shoot that is ready to grow into a leaf or flower

Node –The place where a leaf, twig, or root comes out of a stem

Spines – tiny, sharp thorns on leaves

Stem – supports the leaves and flowers and carries water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves and flowers, or stores the water and nutrients until needed

Stomata – holes on a leaf that let air into the leaf

Veins – lines in the blade that move water through the leaf