The trees, flowers, and vegetables around us all begin as one tiny seed.
With water and sun, a seed sprouts, grows a stem and leaves, blooms, and then fruits.
A plant has roots, a stem, leaves, and flowers, and needs water, sunlight, air, and soil to grow well.
Move the slider and the plant grows one stage at a time, from seed to fruit.
How Plants Grow
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Visualizing plant growth from seed to fruit step by step
Seed
🌱 A Seed's Journey
①A small seed goes into the soil
②Water and sunlight make it sprout
③Grows into stems and leaves
④Beautiful flowers bloom and fruits grow!
Plant Body Parts
🌳 Four Parts of a Plant
①Root — pulls water and nutrients from soil
②Stem — like a straw for water
③Leaf — makes food from sunlight, water, and air, and gives off oxygen we breathe (photosynthesis)
④Flower — makes seeds for baby plants
Plants are Alive!
💡 What Plants Need
①Water — plants drink water like we do
②Sunlight — sunlight is plant food
③Air — plants breathe too
④Soil — nutrient-rich plant table!
Summary
🎯 Plant Summary
①Roots take in water; leaves use sunlight and make oxygen
②Seed → sprout → stem+leaves → flower → fruit
③Need water, sunlight, air, soil to grow
④Without plants we can not live — they make oxygen!
Examples and Unit Test
Example 1
Starting from a seed, in what order does a plant grow? Say it in order.
1
First a sprout comes out of the seed, then the stem and leaves grow.
2
Next a flower blooms, and where the flower was, a fruit forms.
▸ Seed → sprout → stem + leaves → flower → fruit
Watching the order a plant grows in shows us its growth process.
Example 2
What does each of a plant's root, stem, and leaf do?
1
The root draws up water and nutrients from the soil.
2
The stem is the path water passes through, and the leaf makes food using sunlight.
▸ Root = takes in water and nutrients · stem = path for water · leaf = makes food with sunlight
Each part of the plant does its job so the plant grows well.
Unit Test
Which part of a plant draws up water and nutrients from the soil?
①Root
②Stem
③Leaf
④Flower
⑤Fruit
▸ ① Root
1
The root reaches into the soil and draws up water and nutrients.
2
The stem is the path for water, the leaf makes food, and the flower makes seeds.