What do plants need to grow?


Targets
At the end of this unit, you should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What is the importance of plants?

1.1 How are plants important to humans?

1.2 How are plants important to their natural environments?

1.3 How do humans affect plants?
2. How do plants grow and make other plants?

2.1 What are the various parts of a plant and their purposes?

2.2 What do plants need to grow?

2.3 How do flowering plants propagate?

2.4 How are seeds distributed?
3. What are plant communities?

3.1 What are plant communities?

3.2 What do plants living in my backyard have in common?

3.3 What plants have special needs?
Targets

 Notebook

  1. Open the Journal Entry page you saved to your Plant Notebook folder. Write your responses to the questions under Entry 6.  
  2. Check your answers below, and remember to date and save your journal entry.
  1. REMINDER:  You will be taking weekly observations of your lima bean plants for the Explore – Growing Your Own Plant activity. Be sure to note these in your chart!
 

Check Your Answers


6.
a. What do plants need to grow?
  • Sunlight
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Water
  • Nutrients

b. Write a list of what you think plants need to grow, and why they need those things to grow.
  • Sunlight- photosynthesis (to make food)
  • Carbon dioxide- photosynethesis (to make food)
  • Water- to help them grow and stand up straight
  • Nutrients- to help them grow (found in the soil)