Plant Life Observation Journal
Plant Life Observation Journal
Name: ____________________________
Date: _____________________________
Block: _____________________________
PAGE 1: The Life Cycle of a Plant
Directions: Your job is to look at, read, and complete the activities at each of the websites on the Plant Power Web Quest. Then, use the information that you learn to answer the questions on this page. Remember to be neat and complete.
1. Put the stages of a plant’s life cycle in the right order. Put a 1 by the first stage, a 2 by the second stage, a 3 by the fourth stage, and a 4 by the last stage.
_____ reproduction (making seeds)
_____ germination (growing into a plant)
_____ death
_____ maturity (becoming a full-grown adult)
2. What is a seed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What is germination?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Draw a line to match each part of a seed to its definition.
1. This part of a seed protects the embryo from injury and EMBRYO
also from drying out. ENDOSPERM
2. This is a temporary food supply. COTYLEDONS
3. This is a tiny plant. SEED COAT
4. These are seed leaves.
5. What is the difference between a monocot seed and a dicot seed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. An example of a monocot seed is a _________________________________________________________
and an example of a dicot seed is a ___________________________________________________________.
7. What is an annual?
__________________________________________________________________________________________An example of an annual plant is a ___________________________________________________________.
8. What is a perennial?
__________________________________________________________________________________________ An example of a perennial plant is a __________________________________________________________.
9. What is a biennial?
__________________________________________________________________________________________ An example of a biennial plant is a ___________________________________________________________.
PAGE 2: How Plants Grow
Directions: Your job is to look at, read, and complete the activities at each of the websites on the Plant Power Web Quest. Then, use the information that you learn to answer the questions on this page. Remember to be neat and complete.
1. What 3 things does a seed need to grow?
a. ____________________
b. ____________________
c. ____________________
2-4. Label the parts of the plant.
WORD BANK
SEED LEAF FRUIT FLOWER ROOT STEM
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5. What are 2 things that a ROOT does for a plant?
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6. What are 2 things that a STEM does for a plant?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What are 2 things that a LEAF does for a plant?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. What are 2 things that a FLOWER does for a plant?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. What is a FRUIT? (Besides something that we eat!)
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PAGE 3: How Plants Survive
Directions: Your job is to look at, read, and complete the activities at each of the websites on the Plant Power Web Quest. Then, use the information that you learn to answer the questions on this page. Remember to be neat and complete.
1-2. What 4 things does a plant need to survive?
a. ____________________ c. ____________________
b. ____________________ d. ____________________
3. The process by which plants make their own food is called ____________________________________.
4-5. What 5 things does a plant need to make its own food?
a. ____________________ c. ____________________ e. ____________________
b. ____________________ d. ____________________
6. What is CHOROPHYLL?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. What does a plant get from the soil?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. What are the most important plant nutrients that they get from the soil?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. What PART OF THE PLANT collects the sunlight that is used for photosynthesis?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PAGE 4: How Plants Reproduce
Directions: Your job is to look at, read, and complete the activities at each of the websites on the Plant Power Web Quest. Then, use the information that you learn to answer the questions on this page. Remember to be neat and complete.
1. What PART OF A PLANT makes seeds?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. The male (boy) part of the flower is called the _______________________________________________
and the female (girl) part of the flower is called the _____________________________________________.
3-4. Label the parts of the flower.
WORD BANK
PISTIL STAMEN ANTHER FILAMENT STIGMA OVARY STYLE OVULE PETAL SEPAL RECEPTACLE
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1. ____________________ 5. ____________________ 9. ____________________
2. ____________________ 6. ____________________ 10. ___________________
3. ____________________ 7. ____________________ 11. ___________________
4. ____________________ 8. ____________________
5. What is POLLINATION?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. What are 2 ways that plants get pollinated?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Some plants don’t make flowers. What do they make INSTEAD OF SEEDS?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. What is a BULB? _______________________________________________________________________
An example of a plant that grows from a bulb is a ______________________________________________.
9. What is a TUBER? _____________________________________________________________________
An example of a plant that grows from a bulb is a ______________________________________________.
PAGE 5: How Plants Differ
Directions: Your job is to look at, read, and complete the activities at each of the websites on the Plant Power Web Quest. Then, use the information that you learn to answer the questions on this page. Remember to be neat and complete.
1. What is an ADAPTATION?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Name 2 ways that a plant has adapted to live in a DESERT.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name 2 ways that a plant has adapted to live in the WATER.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. Is this seed a monocot or a dicot? How do you know?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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5. Does this plant have an herbaceous stem or a woody stem? How do you know?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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[pic][pic]6. Is this root a taproot or a fibrous root? How do you know?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7-9. Use the What Tree Is It? website to help you answer the following questions. Find what tree each of the leaves come from. Write the name of the tree next to each picture.
[pic]___________________ [pic]____________________
PAGE 6: How Plants & Animals Interact
Directions: Your job is to look at, read, and complete the activities at each of the websites on the Plant Power Web Quest. Then, use the information that you learn to answer the questions on this page. Remember to be neat and complete.
1. Why are plants always at the bottom of the food chain?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. What would happen to animals if all the plants in the world died?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3-5. Name 5 ways that plants help the environment or humans.
a.__________________________________________________________________________________
b.__________________________________________________________________________________
c.__________________________________________________________________________________
d.__________________________________________________________________________________
e.__________________________________________________________________________________
6. How do bees help pollinate flowers?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. How do birds help pollinate flowers?
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8. What are 2 ways that animals help disperse (or spread) seeds?
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8. Why are orangutans and pandas endangered animals?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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**Pictures were taken from several educational websites. See the credits section of the Plant Power Web Quest for a list of websites. **
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