Ch.

1 Lesson 1
What are the main parts of a plant?
 Activity- pg. 4
How are plants alike and different?

The two plants are alike because ___________.

The two plants are different because ________.
need:
 Living things need:

food
Living things need:
Living things need:

water
 Living things need:

space
to live
& grow
Plants use energy from the Sun
to make their own food.
 4 main
parts
of most
plants

flower stem leaves roots

stem
roots
flower
leaves
 flower

stem

leaves

roots
Leaves come in many shapes &
sizes.
A plant’s leaves make up its leaf system.

• system= parts that work together

 Whysugar
1. Make plants need
(food) leaves
& oxygen by
using carbon dioxide, water &
sunlight
 Plants use energy from the sun
to change carbon dioxide & Leaves
water to make sugar & oxygen. make
sugar for
food that
passes
through
the stems
Carbon dioxide  rest of
enters the leaf & the plant.
oxygen escapes
through tiny holes
under the leaf.

Water enters the

leaf from the
roots and stem.
 Why plants need leaves
2. Balance water intake
 Why plants need leaves
3. Protect plant
from being
eaten
Some leaves protect a plant
from being eaten.
Leaves might be poisonous,
sharp or tough to chew.
poison ivy
All living things need:
All living things need:
1.Food
2.Air
3.Water
4.Space to live & grow
4 main
parts
of most
plants
 4 main
parts
of most
plants

flower stem leaves roots

 Where do plants get the energy
they need to make their own food?
 Where do plants get the energy
they need to make their own food?

from the Sun

A plant’s leaves make up its leaf ______.
 system
A plant’s leaves make up its leaf ______.

• system= parts that work together

 True or False.
Leaves come in many shapes &
sizes.
 True or False.
Leaves come in many shapes &
sizes.

True
_________ and _________ are
made in the leaves of a plant.
 Sugar and _________
_________ oxygen are
made in the leaves of a plant.
Why do plants need leaves?
3. Why do
1. Protect
2. plants
Make sugar
Balance plant
water need
(food)
from leaves?
intake
& oxygen
being eaten
by using carbon dioxide, water
& sunlight
How are plants and
animals similar?
 How are plants and
animals similar?
• Both need food, air,
water and space to
live and grow.
What can plants do that
animals cannot?
What can plants do that
animals cannot?

• Plants can make their

own food. Animals
cannot make their own
food.
How is the structure of an
oak tree the same as a
tomato plant?
How is the structure of an
oak tree the same as a
tomato plant?

• Both are plants, and

have leaves, roots,
stems and flowers.
What is the purpose of
the tiny holes in a leaf?
 What is the purpose of
the tiny holes in a leaf?
• The tiny holes allow
oxygen to pass out of the
leaf and carbon dioxide to
enter the leaf.