Unit Summary

Questions

Summary

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?

• Plants are important to humans and the natural environments.
  
  
• Plants can be used as sources of food or shelter.
  
  
• Plants can do things such as prevent erosion, maintain oxygen, etc.
  
  
• Humans have an affect on plants through their activities.
  

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?

• Common plants can be classified based on their characteristics and uses.
  
  
• Plants require air, light, water, nutrients, and space to grow. Temperature and humidity can also be important.
  
  
• Plants of the same kind have a common life cycle and produce new plants that are similar, but not identical, to the parent plants.
  
  
• Flowering plants can be propagated from seeds, cuttings, bulbs, and runners.
  
  
• Seeds can be distributed in various ways (such as by wind, animals, etc.) and have adaptations for these methods.
  

3. What are plant communities?

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

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

3.3. What plants have special needs?

• Various plant communities can be in an area.
  
  
• Differences in plant communities are related to variations in the amounts of light, water, and other conditions.
  
  
• Some plants have special needs and have specific adaptations to meet those needs.