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 What is a plant?
Plants are living things that grow in the earth.
They can be big or small and include:

grass trees flowers bushes mosses

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 What is a plant?
Most plants have roots, stems and leaves.

leaves

stems

roots

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 What do plants need?
Here are three things
that plants need to grow:

water light a suitable temperature

Let’s find out why these three things are so important…

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 Water
Water softens the seed so it can split open.
This is germination.

A tiny root grows down and then a shoot pushes up.

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 Water
Water is sucked up through the roots, taking
nutrients from the soil with it.

Nutrients keep the plant healthy.

The water travels up the stem to the leaves.

The water helps to keep the plant upright.

The leaves need the water so they can make food for the plant.
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 Water
What do you think would happen if a
plant stopped getting water?

It will start to wilt and

droop. It will eventually die.

Quick, let’s give this wilting

plant some water!
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 Water
Every plant needs a different amount of water.
A cactus in the
desert does
not need very
much water.
It has clever
ways of storing Some plants grow
up water. mostly under the water.
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 Light
Plants need light from the Sun to make food.
That’s why plants grow towards sunlight.
What do you think
Without light, the
would happen if you
leaves turn yellow.
put a plant in a dark
place, such as a
The plant cannot
cupboard?
make food so will
Share your ideas
eventually die.
with your friend.
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 A suitable temperature
What is temperature? Tell your friend what you think.

Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is.

Different plants
need different
temperatures to
grow and stay
healthy.
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 A suitable temperature
This cactus plant is used to This snowdrop is found in
growing in a hot climate. the UK. It is a sign of spring.
It is used to
growing in cool
and even frosty
conditions.

It would not grow well in It would not be able to

a cooler environment. grow in the hot desert.
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 Quiz time!
Let’s see what you have learnt.

Plants need chocolate,

Without water a
fizzy drinks and
plant will wilt and
bubble baths to grow
eventually die.
and stay healthy.

True False True False

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 Quiz time!
Let’s see what you have learnt.

Plants use light and All plants need to

water to make their grow in very cold
own food. temperatures.

True False True False

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