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How are plants classified?
Plants are classified into grasses, bushes and trees according to the type of stem they have.
True or False: Grasses have herbaceous stems.
True
True or False: Bushes have a long, woody trunk.
False. Trees have a long, woody trunk.
True or False: Plants feed on other things.
False. Plants do not feed on other living things. They make their own food.
What four things do plants need to make their own food?
plants need water, mineral salts and carbon dioxide. They use sunlight as a source of energy.
Plants absorb water and mineral salts from the soil through their ____.
Roots
The mixture of water and mineral salts is called ___.
Raw sap
Raw sap travels up the _____ to the leaves through long tubes called xylem vessels
Stem
The leaves take in carbon dioxide from the air through tiny holes called _____.
stomata
_____ mixes with raw sap in the leaves, transforming it into elaborated sap.
Carbon Dioxide
Sunlight is trapped by a green substance called ______, found in the leaves
chlorophyll
During the day, plants release ______ as a waste product of photosynthesis.
oxygen
_______ is the plant's food. It is produced in the leaves during photosynthesis
Elaborated Sap
Elaborated sap it is distributed from the _____ to all parts of the plant through tubes called phloem vessels.
leaves
True or False: Photosynthesis is when plants take in oxygen from the air and release carbon dioxide
False. Respiration is when plants take in oxygen from the air and release carbon dioxide
Plants absorb ______ and release _______ during respiration
Plants absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide during respiration
