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  • 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.
  • True or False: Grasses have herbaceous stems.
    True
  • When the seed falls to the ground and finds moist soil and warm temperatures, ______ takes place.
    Germination
  • What is harvesting?
    This is the final stage of farming, when farmers collect mature crops from fields.
  • What is the female part of the flower?
    The pistil
  • Point to the part of the plant where water and mineral salts are absorbed.
    Roots
  • True or False: Plants feed on other things.
    False. Plants do not feed on other living things. They make their own food.
  • Raw sap travels up the _____ to the leaves through long tubes called xylem vessels
    Stem
  • What is an embryo?
    The embryo is a miniature plant with a root, a stem and a shoot.
  • The mixture of water and mineral salts is called ___.
    Raw sap
  • After pollination, ____ is formed from the ovary and the ovules transform into seeds.
    fruit
  • True or False: Bushes have a long, woody trunk.
    False. Trees have a long, woody trunk.
  • The leaves take in carbon dioxide from the air through tiny holes called _____.
    stomata
  • Sunlight is trapped by a green substance called ______, found in the leaves
    chlorophyll
  • What are the 7 stages of farming?
    Ploughing. Sowing. Fertilizing. Irrigation. Fumigation. Pruning. Harvesting.
  • True or False: Crops are used as raw materials to make other products, such as fabric, cosmetics and medicines.
    True
  • What are rhizomes?
    These are specialized stems that grow horizontally underground, like in irises and ginger.
  • True or False. Sowing is when farmers turn the soil to make it ready for planting
    False. Ploughing is when farmers turn the soil to make it ready for planting
  • _____ are underground stems that develop roots, like potatoes. The stems and roots emerge from growing points called eyes.
    Tubers
  • The calyx is made up of the _____, the green leaves that protect the flower
    sepals
  • The ovary is the wider part of the pistil. It contains the ____.
    Ovules
  • What are the male parts of the flower?
    The stamen.
  • How are plants classified?
    Plants are classified into grasses, bushes and trees according to the type of stem they have.
  • Plants absorb water and mineral salts from the soil through their ____.
    Roots
  • What are stolons?
    These are specialized stems that grow horizontally above the ground, like in strawberries.
  • What are the two main types of pollination?
    Insect pollination and wind pollination
  • 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
  • Where is pollen produced in the flower?
    It is produced in the anther
  • _____ mixes with raw sap in the leaves, transforming it into elaborated sap.
    Carbon Dioxide
  • Point to the part of the plant where carbon dioxide mixes with raw sap.
    Leaves
  • Elaborated sap it is distributed from the _____ to all parts of the plant through tubes called phloem vessels.
    leaves
  • _____ are underground stems with leaves that store food, like onions and garlic.
    Bulbs
  • _______ is the plant's food. It is produced in the leaves during photosynthesis
    Elaborated Sap
  • During the day, plants release ______ as a waste product of photosynthesis.
    oxygen
  • Plants absorb ______ and release _______ during respiration
    Plants absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide during respiration
  • _________ are light and have long hairs attached to the seeds. The wind carries them to other places.
    Dandelion fruits
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