Plant Unit Notecards

Why are plants important? Provide food Provide shelter Used in healing

ointments Make the world

beautiful Give us oxygen!

Draw a picture showing what you think is the most important reason!

What do roots do? Anchor plant to

the ground Absorb water and

nutrients

Draw a picture of a root.

What do root hairs do? Increase the

surface area Absorb water and

nutrients from the soil

Draw a picture of root hairs absorbing water

Name a root we eat! Carrots Turnips Beets

These are all TAPROOTS!

Draw a picture of a carrot and label it as a taproot

What do stems do? Transport water

and nutrients to leaves

Support the plant Hold the plant up

towards the light

Draw a picture of the xylem and phloem transporting nutrients and water in the stem

What is Chlorophyll? Pigment in the

LEAF Gives the plant a

green color Turns sunlight into

food

Draw a picture of a leaf. Then draw green “Phyll” inside making food!

What does the plant do with the sugar? Transports it

through the PHLOEM

Draw a picture of the sugar going from the leaf, down through the phloem.

What is Photosynthesis? Photo = Light Synthesis= Putting

Together How plants use

sunlight to MAKE food

Chlorophyll+ Light+CO2+Water= Sugar and Oxygen

Draw a diagram of photosynthesis!

What is Respiration How the plant

EATS the food

Sugar+Oxygen= Energy, Water and CO2

Draw a picture of Phyll eating food, and releasing energy!

What is Transpiration? When a plant

releases WATER! From the roots, up

the xylem, out the stomata!

Draw a picture showing transpiration

What is pollination? When pollen is moved

from an ANTHER of a stamen to the STIGMA of a pistil

Can be SELF-pollinated on its own or CROSS-pollinated by a bee or other pollinator

Draw a picture of cross pollination.

What is fertilization? When the pollen

travels from the STIGMA down pollen tubes, and joins the OVULE to create an EMBRYO

Draw a diagram showing fertilization

What is Germination When a seed

GROWS into a plant

Draw and label a seed, show how it grows into a plant

How do seeds move? Wind blows them Water carries

them Carried by animals Birds eat the fruit

and transport the seeds

Draw a picture of one way a seed can be moved!

What are 2 different types of seed nutrients? Monocot Dicot

What is the difference between Vascular and Non-Vasular Plants? Vascular

Have roots and leaves,

Have tube-like structures to support the plant

Have xylem and phloem

Example: Trees and flowers

Non Vascular Do not have roots

or leaves Do not have tube-

like structures Do not have

xylem or phloem Example: Moss