UNIT 4 PLANTS

INDEX

• What’s a plant?

• Parts of a plant

• Types of plants

• Trees

• Bushes and grass

• Parts of a flower

• Non-flowering plants

• To sum up!

• LET’S PRACTICE…

WHAT’S A PLANT?

Plants are living things.

To grow well, plants need:

- Water

- Air

- Sunlight

- And soil

PARTS OF A PLANT

Flower The flowers are colourful and

produce seeds.

Roots The roots take in water from

the soil.

Stem The stem holds the plant up.

Leaves The leaves take in air and

sunlight.

TYPES OF PLANTS: Trees

Trees have a thick, hard stem called a TRUNK.

Bushes are short and have a lot of stems.

Grass is thin and bendy.

TYPES OF PLANTS: Bushes and grass

PARTS OF A FLOWER

Some plants have flowers and they have different parts.

FROM FLOWER TO FRUIT

Some flower turn into fruit. The fruit contains seeds.

When the fruit fails to the ground, new plants grow from the seeds.

NON FLOWERING PLANTS

Some plants don’t have flowers or fruit. They reproduce

with spores.

TO SUM UP! These are the different types of plants that we have learnt

throughout this unit:

LET’S PRACTICE!

NOW . . .

LABEL THE PARTS OF A PLANT

ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F)?

Roots take in water and nutrients from the soil.

The stem takes in the sunlight.

The flowers are colourful and produce seeds.

The leaves hold the plant up.

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES

a) ____________ trees lose their leaves in autumn.

b) Evergreen trees are _________ all year round.

c) Trees have a thick, hard stem called a _________.

d) Trees also have roots and ___________.

trunk green deciduous branches

LABEL AND COLOUR THE FLOWER

DRAW LEAVES WHEN THERE SHOULD BE…

MATCH

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES

a) ____________ (evergreen/ deciduous) plants are

green all year round.

b) ____________ (evergreen/ deciduous) plants lose

their leaves in autumn.

c) Non-flowering plants reproduce with ____________

(seeds/ spores).