The Parts of a Plant

1. Flowers Stem Roots Leaves Seeds The Parts of a Plant

2. Flowers Stem Roots Leaves Seeds Flowers The flower helps the plant produce its seed. The color and fragrance attract insects that pollinate the plant so it can make seeds.

3. Flowers Stem Roots Leaves Seeds Stem The stems carry the water and nutrients that were brought up by the roots to the leaves. It also provides support for the plant allowing the leaves to reach the sunlight.

4. Flowers Stem Roots Leaves Seeds Roots Roots take nutrients and water from the soil up to the plant. They also help support the plant by anchoring it in the ground.

5. Flowers Stem Roots Leaves Seeds Leaves The leaves provide the food for the plant. It uses the nutrients and water along with sunlight to perform photosynthesis. Photosynthesis makes the food for the plant and oxygen for other life forms.

6. Flowers Stem Roots Leaves Seeds Seeds The seed allows the plant to reproduce. They are often found inside the fruit of the plant. Every seed is a tiny plant with leaves, stems, and roots just waiting to germinate and grow.

7. Self-test What is the flower’s purpose? A. Provides support for the plant B. Attracts insects to pollinate the plant C. To give off Oxygen to other life forms

8. Great Job!!!!!! What do the roots of a plant do? A. Perform photosynthesis B. Produce the seeds C. Carry water and nutrients from the soil.

9. You’re correct! What do the leaves do for the plant? A. Perform photosynthesis B.Give the plant support C. Produce the seeds

11. Sources • Teacher’s guide for the great plant escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/tg/index.html • Eyewitness Plant Book Burnie, David and Andrew McRobb, Plant. New York: Knopf, 1989 Pictures from Great Plant Escape Websight http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/tg/index.html