1. Parts of Plants
What are the parts of
our plants? What do
they do?
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2. What do plants do?
Take-up
water
and
nutrients
Absorb sunlight
for food
Reproduce
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3. Roots
To take-up water
and nutrients and
to keep the plant
in place
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4. Stems
To transport
water
and nutrients
and to
help the plant
stay
upright
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5. Leaves
To
capture
sunlight
to make
food
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6. Flowers
Contain the
eggs
and pollen,
which
are used to
reproduce
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7. Seeds
Where the
new plant
is!
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8. Fruit
The casing
for the
seeds
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