Summary
Labels the roots, stem, leaves, and flower and explains how leaves make food from sunlight, water, and air.
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Discussion questions
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Each plant part has a job: roots drink water, the stem carries it, and leaves use sunlight, water, and air to make food — photosynthesis.
- What is the job of a plant's roots?
- What three things do leaves need to make food?
- Why don't plants need to eat the way animals do?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: roots, stem, leaf, photosynthesis.
Try it: Label a drawing of a plant: roots, stem, leaves, flower. Write one job next to each.