Plant nutrition

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In this lesson: You can describe what plants need from their surroundings to stay alive and grow, and how they get food. Plants are living organisms that need light, air, water and minerals to stay alive and grow Plants take in light and gases from air through their leaves, and take in water and minerals through their roots

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Plants are living organisms that need light, air, water and minerals to stay alive and grow Plants take in light and gases from air through their leaves, and take in water and minerals through their roots Water and minerals are not food, but plants do need food to stay alive and grow Plants do not take in food from their surroundings, they are producers that make their own food The food that plants make is carbohydrate, which they use for growth and as a source of energy

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1. Who has the correct idea about plants?
- Correct answer:**Aisha:** "Plants are living organisms."
- **Izzy:** "Plants are **not** living organisms."
- **Lucas:** "Plants are organisms but they are **not** living things."
2. An organism that makes its own food is a _____.
- consumer
- herbivore
- predator
- Correct answer:producer
3. How many producers are shown in the food chain?
- 0
- Correct answer:1
- 2
- 3
4. All plants and animals use food and oxygen as fuel to provide energy for life. What is the name of this process?
- Breathing
- Digestion
- Nutrition
- Correct answer:Respiration

1. Which **two** things do plants take in from their surroundings through their leaves?
- food
- Correct answer:gasses from air
- Correct answer:light
- minerals
2. Who has the correct idea about plants?
- **Andeep:** “Plants do **not** need food to stay alive.”
- **Jacob:** “Plants make food for humans but don’t need food themselves.”
- Correct answer:**Jun:** “Plants need food to stay alive.”
- **Sofia:** “Plants take in nutrients and this is all the food they need."
3. How do plants get the food they need to stay alive?
- Plants eat soil.
- Correct answer:Plants make their own food.
- Plants take in food from the air.
- Plants take in food from their surroundings.
4. Plants make their own food. This food is a type of __________.
- Correct answer:carbohydrate
- fat
- mineral
- protein
5. Plants make their own carbohydrate food. How do plants use this food?
- As a source of nitrogen.
- Correct answer:As fuel for cellular respiration to provide energy.
- Correct answer:To make proteins, fats, cells and tissues.
- To provide minerals for growth and repair.

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