Third Grade Science: Plants
An _______________ is a living thing.
Two primary characteristics of living things are:
Plants growing from seeds, ducks hatching from eggs, and people being born alive from their mother are all examples of the process of:
An __________________ is where an organism lives, and is made up of everything that surrounds an organism.
Examples of responding to your environment include:
Organisms are made up of tiny boxlike shapes called ______.
The nucleus is the ____________ of the cell.
- membrane
- control center
- food
- outer covering
Check all the things a plant needs to survive:
A scientist would use a ____________ to study a plant's cells.
The part of the plant that help take in water and minerals from the soil is its:
____________ are the main food-making parts of a plant.
Chlorophyll cause plants leaves: (check all that apply)
As part of the food-making process, plants give off ___________.
- carbon dioxide
- nitrogen
- oxygen
- hydrogen
The part of the plant that supports it and helps it to stand upright is its __________.
In a flowering plant, when pollen and eggs come together, they make ____________.
Some plants are reproduced from an undeground stem called a ___________.
- seed
- cone
- spore
- bulb
Plants that use cones to reproduce are called:
- flowering plants
- mosses
- connifers
- ferns
A seed is a tine capsule that contains a plant ____________.
- stem
- embryo
- root
- cone
The part of the plant that transports water and nutients is the _________.
Wind, animals and insects help plants reproduce by bringing together eggs and ____________.