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Study Guide Roots, Stems and Leaves Science, Grade 5
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ROOTS,
STEMS,
AND
LEAVES
Plants
have
structures
that
serve
different
purposes
for
keeping
the
plant
alive
and
healthy.
Let’s
start
from
the
bottom
up,
with
the
ROOTS:
The
roots
of
a
plant
have
three
jobs
to
do:
•
to
anchor
the
plant
firmly
into
the
soil,
•
to
store
food,
and
most
importantly,
•
to
absorb
water
and
nutrients
from
soil.
Plants
have
two
different
root
systems.
A
taproot
system
consists
of
one
main
large
root
that
grows
directly
down
into
the
soil.
A
fibrous
root
system
consists
of
many
roots
that
grow
underground
in
many
directions.
Taproot
Fibrous
Roots
Next,
the
STEM:
The
stem
also
has
several
jobs.
It
helps
the
plant
reach
up
tall
which
enable
the
plant
to
take
in
more
sunlight.
The
stem
also
carries
food,
water,
and
nutrients
all
throughout
the
plant.
All
parts
of
a
plant
need
food,
water,
and
nutrients.
These
essential
necessities
get
to
all
parts
of
the
plant
through
the
tissues
in
the
plant,
called
the
xylem
and
phloem.
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Vascular
plants
have
special
tubes
that
carry
food,
water,
and
nutrients
throughout
a
plant.
The
xylem
is
the
tube
that
carries
water
and
nutrients
from
the
roots
to
leaves.
The
phloem
carries
sugar
away
from
leaves
to
the
rest
of
the
plant.
Now
to
the
LEAVES:
Most
of
a
plant’s
food
is
made
in
its
leaves.
Leaves
of
a
plant
are
made
of
plant
organs
and
tissues.
The
top
layer
of
leaf,
which
protects
the
leaf,
is
called
its
epidermis.
Leaves
have
tiny
openings
underneath
them
called
the
stomata
which
let
air
and
water
in
and
out
of
the
leaf.
Lesson
Checkpoint:
What
three
jobs
do
roots
do
for
the
plant?
How
do
plants
reproduce?
Flowering
plants
reproduce
using
seeds.
A
flowering
plant
uses
several
parts
in
the
reproduction
process.
The
stamen
is
the
male
part
of
the
flower.
Pollen
forms
on
top
of
each
stamen.
The
pistil
is
the
female
part
of
flower.
A
flower
may
have
more
than
one
pistil
or
stamen.
Pollen
is
the
plant
substance
that
needs
to
be
transferred
from
one
flower’s
stamen
to
the
pistil
of
another
flower
in
order
for
plant
reproduction
to
occur.
Pollination
is
the
movement
of
pollen
from
one
flower
to
another.
Flowers
pass
along
their
hereditary
information
in
seeds.
The
seeds
thus
contain
all
the
information
for
reproducing
the
flower,
stem,
leaves,
and
roots
of
a
plant
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A
seed
is
made
up
of
three
parts:
a
seed
coat,
embryo
(which
is
a
new
plant
ready
to
grow),
and
endosperm.
Spores,
asexual
reproduction
(reproduction
involving
only
one
parent),
budding,
and
runners
are
all
ways
some
plants
reproduce
without
seeds.
Lesson
Checkpoint:
What
is
pollination?
Plants
make
their
food
through
the
process
of
photosynthesis
Plant
makes
sugar
for
food
through
the
process
of
photosynthesis.
All
cells
need
energy
to
function
and
live;
through
the
process
of
photosynthesis
sugar
gets
sent
to
all
the
cells
in
the
plant.
Sugar
is
used
for
energy
and
for
forming
cellulose
–
a
chemical
that
makes
up
plant
cell
walls.
The
more
sunlight
the
plant
absorbs,
the
more
sugar
the
plants
make.
Photosynthesis
occurs
in
the
chloroplast
of
a
plant
cell,
where
the
plant
absorbs
sunlight.
Plants
use
carbon
dioxide
they
take
in
from
the
air
around
them,
water
they
get
from
the
soil
through
their
roots,
and
energy
from
the
sun
to
produce
sugar
and
oxygen.
Plants
release
the
oxygen,
which
they
don’t
need,
into
the
air
for
us
aerobic
organisms,
who
need
oxygen
to
survive.
Lesson
Checkpoint:
What
absorbs
sunlight
in
a
plant
cell?
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