PartsofaPlantLivingThings•Alllivingthingsgrowandchange.•Alllivingthingsneedfood,water,andairtolive.NonlivingThings•Nonlivingthingsarenotalive.•Nonlivingthingsdonotneedfood,water,orair.Plantsmusthavethesethingstogrow.•Sunlight•Air•Water•NutrientsormineralsfromthesoilWhenaseedhassunlight,air,water,andnutrientsitwillbegintogerminate,orstarttogrow.Thisyoungplantthatgrowsfromaseediscalledaseedling.PartsofaPlant•Rootsholdtheplantinthesoilandtakesinwaterandnutrientsfromthesoil.PartsofaPlant•Thestemholdsuptheplantandmoveswaterandnutrientsthroughit.PartsofaPlant•Leavesuselight,air,water,andnutrientstomakefoodfortheplant.PartsofaPlant•Flowersmakefruitsthatholdseeds.FlowerPartsofaSeed•SeedCoat•SeedLeaf•StoredFood•DevelopingPlantThehardcoveringthatprotectstheseedisthe...Thepartthatlookslikealeafinsideeachseedisthe...Seeds•Seedsareformedinthecenterpartoftheflowerorfruit.•Seedscomeinmanyshapesandsizes.•Plantsgrowfromseeds.HowSeedsAreScattered•Planting•Animals•Water•WindHowaSeedGrowsintoaNewPlant•Thelifeofaplantbeginsasaseed.•Onceyouplantandwateraseeditbeginstogerminate.•Therootpushesthroughtheseedcoat.•Theseedlinggrowsoutoftheground.•Thestemanditsleavespointtothesunlight.•Theleavesmakeitsownfood.•Flowersbegintobloomandmakeseeds.•Newseedsareformedandscattered.Whatisthisprocesscalled?LifeCycleofaPlantSeedsarescatteredbyplanting,wind,water,andanimals.Whenthesmallplantinsidebeginstogrow,theseedgerminates.Theyoungplantthatgrowsfromaseedistheseedling.Remember…Let’sReview!1.Whatdoalllivingthingsneedtoliveandgrow?1.Alllivingthingsneed_____.foodwaterair2.Canyounamethepartsofaplant?rootsstemleavesflower2.Thepartsofaplantarethe_____.3.Whatdoplantsneedtogrow?3.Plantsneed____toliveandgrow.sunlightairwaternutrientsormineralsfromthesoil4.Whatdotherootsdoforaplant?4.Therootsholdaplantinplaceandtakesinwaterandnutrientsfromthesoil.5.Whatdoesthestemdoforaplant?5.Thestemholdsuptheplantandmoveswaterandnutrientsthroughit.6.Whydoesaplantneedleaves?6.Leavesusesunlight,air,water,andnutrientstomakefoodfortheplant.7.Whatdoflowersdoforaplant?7.Flowersmakefruitsthatholdseeds.Theseseedswillmakenewplants.8.Howcanseedsbescattered?8.Seedscanbescatteredby_____.•planting•animals•water•windCongratulations!Youhavelearnedallaboutplants,seeds,andaplant’slifecycle.Resources•••