📚 Topic Summary
Plants are living things, just like us! But instead of eating pizza and playing games, they need special things to grow. They need sunlight to make their own food, water to stay hydrated, air to breathe, and soil to hold them in place and give them nutrients. Without these things, plants can't grow big and strong!
🌱 Part A: Vocabulary
Match the word to its correct definition:
- Sunlight
- Water
- Air
- Soil
- Nutrients
Definitions:
- A. The loose top layer of Earth's surface, containing minerals and organic matter, in which plants grow.
- B. A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid essential for most animal and plant life.
- C. Substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- D. The mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
- E. Light and energy from the sun.
Write your answers here:
1. ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ 4. ____ 5. ____
💧 Part B: Fill in the Blanks
Use these words to fill in the blanks: sunlight, grow, water, air, soil.
Plants need four main things to _________: They are _________, _________, _________, and _________.
🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking
Imagine you are a plant. What would happen if you didn't get enough sunlight? Explain your answer.