Plant Characteristics and Needs

Plant parts that use sunlight to make food

• Roots

• Flowers

• Seeds

• Leaves

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Plant parts that absorb water and nutrients

• Leaves

• Roots

• Hair

• Stem

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Plant part that carries water and nutrients throughout the plant

• Flower

• Stem

• Straw

• Roots

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Many plants need the help of insects, like bees, to reproduce. What part of the plant helps to attract these helpful insects?

• Flower

• Leaves

• Shrubs

• soil

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All of the following are basic needs of plants EXCEPT

• shelter

• Water

• Air

• Nutrients

• Sunlight

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A feature or trait that can be seen

• Texture

• Basic need

• Energy

• Physical Characteristic

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When plants lose all of their leaves they are-

• Hibernating

• Migrating

• Taking a break

• Dormant

The stem, leaves, flower and roots are all parts of

• A tree

• A plant

• A sunflower

• An apple tree

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Substances that provide what is necessary for living things to survive are

• oil

• Clothing

• Powder

• Nutrients

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Besides the sunlight, where else do plants get their nutrients?

• Soil

• Leaves

• Air

• Flower

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