Discover - Plant Journal

Keeping a journal is a great way to record your thinking and opinions on various topics. You will be asked to return to your journal often as you work through this unit.

 Notebook: What is the value of plants?

  1. Click here to download this activity.
  2. Complete the first journal entry using the links provided (in the activity and below), check your answers below.
  3. Save your corrected work to your Plant Notebook.

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Check Your Answers Below


1.
a. Interesting facts about plants will vary from person to person.  
b. What did you learn from the video?  Answers will vary.
  • The parts of plants (pistils, stamens, ovary, pollen).
  • Seeds are undeveloped plants, with stored food in a protective covering.
  • Plants make food from sunlight by a process called photosynthesis.
  • Photosynthesis uses sunlight and carbon dioxide, to make sugars and release oxygen.
  • Xylem moves water and minerals (this is the wood in a tree).
  • Phloem moves sugars all over the plant.
  • Perennials live for multiple growing seasons (think trees).
  • Annuals only live for one growing season (crops in the field, and some flowers that you put in your garden).