SAMPLE SLIDE There are many, many different types of plants. Most plants are flowering plants. What do all flowering plants have in common? SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show www.ks1resources.co.uk

SAMPLE SLIDE Leaves help plants to make their own food. Within each leaf is a green substance called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is what makes plants look green, but it’s important because it absorbs sunlight from the Sun. SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show www.ks1resources.co.uk

Flowering plants like tulips and tomatoes have soft, green stems that can be bent and broken. SAMPLE SLIDE Trees and bushes have hard, woody stems. Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show www.ks1resources.co.uk

SAMPLE SLIDE Flowers have a very important job to do. Do you know what it is? SAMPLE SLIDE Random Slides From This PowerPoint Show www.ks1resources.co.uk

QCA Science www.ks1resources.co.uk In order to grow, a living thing (organism) must take substances into its body. This is done by feeding. Animals and green plants feed in very different ways. The basic difference between green plants and animals is that plants can make their own food but animals cannot. All life processes require energy. Animals obtain this energy from the food they eat, whereas plants, being capable of manufacturing their own food, utilise energy from the Sun during a process called photosynthesis. It is often mistakenly thought that plants get all their food from soil or from plant food. What soil and plant food actually do provide are the essential mineral salts necessary for many of the chemical reactions which take place at a cellular level. However, they are not a source of energy. Plants use a combination of carbon dioxide, water from the soil and energy from the Sun in the form of light, and chlorophyll in their leaves to make organic chemicals, mainly sugar, which are their basic food. (It is the chlorophyll in their leaves that makes them green.) Much of the sugar is turned into starch for storage in the leaves. Plants : Food (nutrients) Although green plants and animals both exhibit the same life processes, one fundamental difference is the ability of green plants to manufacture their own food by the process of photosynthesis. The predominant colour in the natural world is green due to the chemical called chlorophyll which these plants contain. This chemical compound enables the plant to utilize light energy during the process of photosynthesis, the means by which such plants manufacture food. To do this, plants require carbon dioxide, water, and light as well as chlorophyll. This process of photosynthesis can be summarized in the following way: Light and chlorophyll carbon dioxide + water = sugar + oxygen A common misconception is that plants get their food from the soil. In fact, they manufacture their own food as shown above, but they do get essential minerals from the soil. However, many plants do not grow in soil at all, for example, floating water plants, some mosses and lichens, and so on. In this case, they obtain their essential minerals from rain, ponds, or even tap water. www.ks1resources.co.uk

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