Plant POWER

Comes from the sun

THE FOOD FACTORY

Leaves are the energy factories

of the plant.

Leaves use sunlight,carbon dioxide from air,

and water from rainfall or soilto make food energy.

SUNLIGHTENERGY

Energy from the sunhelps plants make food energy.

Living things need food energy to grow and reproduce. Plantsmake their own food. The cowand the person need to get theirfood.

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SUNLIGHTENERGY

The plant’s food energy is transferred

to the cow when the coweats the grass. The cow

uses this plant food energyto grow and reproduce.

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SUNLIGHTENERGY

The cow’s food energy is transferred

to the person when the maneats a hamburger or a steak.

The personuses this cow food energyto grow and reproduce.

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All living things depend on the sun for energy.

Plants are able to...

From Carbon dioxide in the air and water in the soil

using the sun’s energy.

Butterflies are pollinators for plants.

and get nectar from the flowers.

Spiders build their homes in plants.

Lady bugs may get caught in the spider web!

Oops! This bug must be caught in the web.So the spider will be able to use the energyfrom the lady bug to grow and reproduce!

We caught this bee gathering pollen from the flower.

Pollen is food for the bee.

If the plant is lucky the

bee might drop some pollen on another flower…

POLLINATION

Take a minute to study this moth.

What do you see on the wings?Write this in your science journal.

Did you see the head of a snake

and theeye of an owl?

Why would this invertebrate animallook like a snake and an owl?