Summary
A tumbleweed dries up, snaps off, and rolls across the land in the wind -- scattering thousands of seeds as it goes. Deep Look reveals how this rolling plant uses the push of the wind to spread its seeds far and wide.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
When a tumbleweed dies, it breaks free and the wind pushes it rolling across the ground. Each bounce drops seeds far from where the plant grew -- motion doing the job of spreading life.
- What force gets a tumbleweed rolling?
- How does rolling help the plant spread its seeds?
- Why is scattering seeds over a big area helpful for a plant?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: force, wind, disperse, seed.
Try it: Blow a crumpled paper ball across the floor. Write how the wind's push spreads a tumbleweed's seeds as it rolls.