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Genre Comprehension Skill Text Features Science Content
Nonfiction Main Idea and Details • Captions
• Labels
• Glossary
Plants
Scott Foresman Science 2.5
Standards
Preview
Standard Set 2. Life Sciences
2. Plants and animals havepredictable life cycles. As a basis forunderstanding this concept:
2.e. Students know light, gravity,touch, or environmental stress canaffect the germination, growth, anddevelopment of plants.
2.f. Students know flowers and fruitsare associated with reproduction inplants.
ISBN 0-328-23507-5
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Life Sciences
by Mary Beth Spann
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Vocabulary
germinatepollen
seed coat
seedlingstem
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What do plantsneed to grow?Plants need water, air, and sunlight
to grow.
They need nutrients from the soil.
Nutrients help plants grow.
These plants aregrowing well.
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Plant Parts
A plant has four main parts.
It has roots, a stem, leaves, and fl owers.
A plant’s roots grow down into the soil.They hold the plant in place.
Stems and leaves seeklight as they grow.
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Roots take in water from the soil.
Roots also take in nutrients from the soil.
Roots carry water and nutrients to the stem.
The stem holds up the plant.It carries water and nutrients to the
leaves.
Roots grow down.Stems, leaves, andflowers grow up.
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Green leaves make food for the plant.
They make food using air, water, and
energy from light.
Flowers make seeds.Seeds can grow into new plants.
This plant’s flowersare purple.
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How can theenvironment
change the wayplants grow?A change to the environment can
change how a plant grows.
Plants need the right amount of sunlightand water to grow and stay healthy.
Plants also need the right temperatures.
Without enough water,plants can die.
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Other Changes in Plants
Wind can change how plants grow.
Vines grow along the ground.
They change how they grow when theytouch another plant.
Plants get nutrients from the soil.
Some soil lacks enough nutrients.
This can cause plants to grow poorly.
Some vines grow aroundother plants.
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How do flowers,seeds, and fruit
help plants grow?A fl ower’s outside part is the petal.
The petal’s powder is pollen.
Pollen helps seeds grow inside fl owers.
Fruit grows around the seeds.It protects the seeds.
Seeds make new plants.
Oranges and apples grow seeds.
petalpollen
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The hard outside cover of a seed is
called a seed coat.
Inside each seed is a tiny plant.
Food is stored around the new plant.The plant uses the stored food as it
grows.
Use a magnifyingglass to lookinside a flower.
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The Life Cycle of a Peach Tree
A peach seed is planted.
If it gets enough water and air, it can
germinate, or begin to grow.The seed’s roots and stem grow.
Peach seeds comefrom a fruit.
A seed germinatesinto a seedling.
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A seedling, or young plant, has now
grown.
The seedling will grow.
It will change into an adult peach tree.
The seedling growsinto a peach tree
with flowers.
The tree’s peach seeds
can grow into newtrees.
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germinate begin to grow
pollen a powder found in flowers
seed coat a hard outer covering of a seed
seedling a young plant
stem the part of a plant that holds it up
and carries water and nutrientsto the leaves
GlossaryWhat did you learn?
1. What are some things plants need to grow?
2. What are some parts of a plant?
3. What source would
you use if you wanted to learn more aboutpeach trees? What source would you use ifyou wanted to know where the word peach came from? Use these sources to write acouple of sentences about peach trees.
4.
Main Ideas and Details What is the mainidea of page 6? What details support this
idea?