UNIT 4

PLANTS
 INDEX
• What’s a plant?
• Parts of a plant
• Types of plants
• Trees
• Bushes and grass
• Parts of a flower
• Non-flowering plants
• To sum up!
• LET’S PRACTICE…
WHAT’S A PLANT?

Plants are living things.

To grow well, plants need:

- Water
- Air
- Sunlight
- And soil
 PARTS OF A PLANT

Flower
The flowers are colourful and Leaves
produce seeds. The leaves take in air and
sunlight.

Roots Stem
The roots take in water from The stem holds the plant up.
the soil.
 TYPES OF PLANTS: Trees
Trees have a thick, hard stem called a TRUNK.
TYPES OF PLANTS: Bushes and grass

 Bushes are short and have a lot of stems.

 Grass is thin and bendy.

 PARTS OF A FLOWER
Some plants have flowers and they have different parts.
 FROM FLOWER TO FRUIT
 Some flower turn into fruit. The fruit contains
seeds.

 When the fruit fails to the ground, new plants

grow from the seeds.
 NON FLOWERING PLANTS
Some plants don’t have flowers or fruit. They reproduce
with spores.
 TO SUM UP!
These are the different types of plants that we have learnt
throughout this unit:
NOW . . .
LET’S
PRACTICE!
LABEL THE PARTS OF A PLANT
ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F)?

 Roots take in water and nutrients from the soil.

 The stem takes in the sunlight.

 The flowers are colourful and produce seeds.

 The leaves hold the plant up.

 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES

trunk green deciduous branches

a) ____________ trees lose their leaves in autumn.

b) Evergreen trees are _________ all year round.

c) Trees have a thick, hard stem called a _________.

d) Trees also have roots and ___________.

LABEL AND COLOUR THE FLOWER
DRAW LEAVES WHEN THERE SHOULD BE…
MATCH
 COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES

a) ____________ (evergreen/ deciduous) plants are

green all year round.

b) ____________ (evergreen/ deciduous) plants lose

their leaves in autumn.

c) Non-flowering plants reproduce with ____________

(seeds/ spores).