Plant Growth and Adaptations

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Plant Growth and Adaptations

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Jeopardy
Vocabulary Structure of Plants Photo-synthesis Roots and More Unusual Adaptations
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Double Jeopardy
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Define structures
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The parts that make up an organisms body.
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Define nutrients
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Substances, such as minerals, which all living
things need in order to grow
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What is germination?
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When a seed sprouts
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Define functions
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The jobs that structures perform
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Where does Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen come from
and who uses them?
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Carbon dioxide is given off by animals and taken
in by plants. Oxygen is given off by plants and
taken in by animals.
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What are the two types of leaves?
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Needle leaves and broad leaves
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What are the two types of stems?
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Woody stems and flexible stems
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What is a characteristic of woody stems and what
plants have woody stems?
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Woody stems and stiff and hard. The outer bark
protects the inside. Trees and bushes have woody
stems.
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What are the characteristics of a flexible stem
and what types of plants have them?
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A flexible stem is soft and bendable. Flowers
have flexible stems.
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Matching

• Has tiny holes to take in CO2 and let out oxygen
• Can travel by wind, water or animals to a new
  location before it will germinate.
• Takes in water and nutrients from the soil.
• Acts like a straw to move water and nutrients to
  other parts of the plant

• Stem
• Roots
• Leaves
• Seed

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• Stem- Acts like a straw to move water and
  nutrients to other parts of the plant
• Roots - Takes in water and nutrients from the
  soil.
• Leaves- Has tiny holes to take in CO2 and let out
  oxygen and moisture
• Seed - Can travel by wind, water or animals to a
  new location before it will germinate.

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What is photosynthesis?
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The process by which a plant makes its own food.
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What does a plant need for the photosynthesis to
happen?
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Carbon DioxideWaterSunlight
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How does a plant use sunlight in the process of
photosynthesis?
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It provides the energy for the process to occur.
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How does a plant use water carbon dioxde?
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It takes the water in through the roots or leaves
and takes in the carbon dioxide in through the
leaves. They mix together to make food (sugar).
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Where and what traps the sunlight for energy for
the process of photosynthesis?
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The leaves trap the sunlight in the chlorophyll
and turns it into energy.
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The function of the taproot.
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The plants single main root that goes deep into
the soil and holds the plant in place.
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The function of fibrous roots
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They are long roots that grow near the surface
for collecting water and nutrients for the plants.
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Explain the process of transpiration.
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The process in which plants give off water vapors
through tiny wholes in the leaves.
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How do seeds and spores travel or disperse, so
that plants will reproduce in different places?
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They will travel by water, wind and on an animals
or by animals. (Click the picture to watch the 10
minute video on how seeds disperse.)
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The difference between a spore and a seed.
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• Seeds have many cells and come from flowering
  plants like apples, lilies and daisies.
• Spores are microscopic and only have one cell and
  come from non flowering plants like ferns and
  fungi.

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This is a pitcher plant. Can you explain its
unusual adaptation? It caught bugs in the pitcher.
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The pitcher plant attracts bugs and drowns them.
It uses the bugs to extra nutrients, since the
soil where it grows has poor nutrients.
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Cacti have an adaptation that allows them to
survive in the desert. Can you explain it?
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Cacti have fibrous roots that are close to the
surface of the soil.
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Watch the video and explain the adaptations of a
vine. (Click picture for 30 second video)
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• The vine grows upward to reach maximum sunlight.
• It will cling and wrap around objects so that it
  can grow upwards.

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Watch the video and explain the adaptation of the
Water Lilly. (Click picture for 5 minute video)
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• The roots hold the lily in the place at the
  bottom of the pond.
• The leaf grows upward to the surface of the water
  and the opens to collect sunlight for energy.
• The flower attracts insects to digest for more
  nutrients.

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What is the unusual adaptation of this plant?
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• The Venus fly trap gets additional nutrients that
  it needs by digesting insects and animals.
• When an animal or insect touches its trigger
  hairs, it closes and traps it.

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Double Jeopardy
Review Vocabulary What if? Scientific Process Name that Scientist What type of Model
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Final Jeopardy
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Everything that surrounds and affects an animal,
plant or any living thing, including living and
non-living things is called what?
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Environment
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A body part, structure or behavior that helps an
animal or a living thing meets its needs in its
environment is what?
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Adaptation
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What is camouflage?
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An animals pattern or color
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The material on the outside of a plant or animal
that helps protect the organism
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Body Covering
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A pattern of changes that happen during an
organisms life
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Life Cycle
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What would happen if we had no plants?
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There would be no oxygen for us to breathe.
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True or FalsePlants need oxygen from the air to
survive.
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False
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What if there was no food for all living things?
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Animals and plants and all living things need
food to survive. They would die.
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What if plants had no soil? Can they survive?
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Yes. Plants can grow in just water but they need
nutrients added to the water to survive.
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What if there was no carbon dioxide in the air?
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Plants would not have the gas they need to
survive and breathe.
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Why are the plants not growing?
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This plant may need water.
These plants may need water and sunlight.
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If you want to start an experiment, what is the
first step you need to do?
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Ask a scientific question
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What is the "if then statement in the scientific
process that includes your variables for the
experiment?
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Hypothesis
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During which step of the scientific process do
you make a list of material, procedures and
collect data?
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During the Experiment
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Name the six steps of the scientific process in
order
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1. Ask a question
2. Research the topic
3. Make a hypothesis
4. Test with an experiment
5. Draw a conclusion
6. Report your results

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Who studies humans, plants, animals, and the
environments in which they live?
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Biologist
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Who studies soil and crops?
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Agronomist
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Who studies Earth and the processes that shape
Earth?
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Geologist
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Who studies matter, energy, and how they are
related?
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Physicist
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Who studies the environment and the actions that
affect it?
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Ecologist
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What is a 3-D model that shows a scene from an
event or place?
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Diorama
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What is a model of a natural habitat that
contains living and nonliving things?
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Terrarium
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What is something that represents an object, an
event, or an idea?
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Model
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What is a model that takes up space like the
object it represents?
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Three-dimensional model (3-D)
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What type of model is amatch box car?
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3-D
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Final JeopardyCCS TeachersHow much do you want
to wager?
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Name all the 4th grade teachers. You have 1
minute!