Unit 1 Plants: Characteristics and classification. Photosynthesis and respiration.

1. Unit 1. Plants
Blanca Fernández Martín

4. All living things have three
vital functions:
1. The characteristics of living things
Nutrition
Reproduction
Interaction

5. Vital functions
Nutrition

6. Vital functions
Interaction

7. Vital functions
Reproduction

8. → Limited mobility
→ Make their own food
(photosyntesis)
→ They need: soil, water,
sunlight, minerals and air.
2. Characteristics of plants

9. 1. They germinate
2. They grow
3. They reproduce
4. They die
Life Cycle of a plant

10. Parts of a plant
Leaves use the sunlight, carbon dioxide,
water and minerals to make nutrients.
Stems keep the plant upright and
support it. Vessels carry water, minerals
and nutrients to other parts of the plant.
Roots are under the ground and hold the
plant in the soil. They absorb water and
minerals from the soil.
Flowers are the reproductive part of a
plant. Seeds are formed inside the
flower. A new plant grows from the
seeds.

12. Flowering plants Non-Flowering plants
PLANTS

13. PHOTOSYNTHESIS
3. Plants nutrition
RESPIRATION