LIVING THINGS:PLANTS

PLANTS

Plants are living things because they:

•  are born,  
• grow, 
• reproduce 
• die.

 To live they need water, sunlight and nutrients. Some plants have flowers, some have vegetables and some other have fruits.

 GERMINATION

The seed needs water, soil and sunlight to start the next step called germination. GERMINATION is when the seed swells taking in nutrients and water and star to grow. After the germination process the seed forms a root that will look for food and water in the soil to help it grow. Then the seed stars to form its first leaves under the ground. The root now forms tiny lateral roots and the plant sprouts. 

POLLINATION

Pollination is the reproduction of plants.  Pollen is at the top of the anthers. When an insect flies around this area, pollen sticks on its body. So when the insect flies around the flower, the pollen falls into another or the same flower. 

Then the pollen lands on the stigma,  and goes down the style to the ovary where pollen fertilizates the egg. This is called fertilization.

PARTS OF A FLOWER

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

It is the process by which the plant produces its own food. The process of photosyntesis is

 done by the leaves. . The leaves have tiny little holes called stomata where photosyntesis is made.

Through the stomata the leaf absorbs carbon dioxide  from the air , sunlight and water to produce oxygen (for the atmosphere) and glucose (sugar) that is the food the plants need . 

Can plants have different colors?

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

TYPES:

• Pitfall Trap or Pitcher Plant

• Flypaper Trap

• Snap Trap: Venus flytrap plant and water wheel plant

• Bladder Trap

• Lobsterpot Trap

QUESTIONS:

1. Where can we find them?
2. Where does it live?
3. What does it eat?
4. How do this plant trap its food?
5. Curiosities

Pitfall Trap