Structure of a flowering plant | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Which of these is a plant?
- a hedgehog
- a swan
- a sunflower ✓
Evergreen trees ...
- do not lose their leaves. ✓
- lose their leaves every autumn.
- do not have leaves.
Deciduous trees ...
- do not have leaves.
- do not lose their leaves.
- lose their leaves in autumn every year. ✓
When we compare plants we ask "What is different?" and ...
- How big is it?
- What is the same? ✓
- What colour it is?
Which of these can we use to observe plants?
- our eyes ✓
- a magnifying glass ✓
- a website on buildings
Which of these might you find on a plant?
- roots ✓
- leaves ✓
- ruler
- shoes

This part of a plant is ...
- the flowers ✓
- the stem
- the roots
This part of a plant is ...
- 'the roots' ✓
When we use our observation skills, we are ...
- measuring a plant
- looking closely at a plant ✓
- drawing a plant
The parts of a plant are also known as its ...
- structure ✓
- roots
- flowers
Sam is looking at some daffodils and she notices that they don't have any flowers. Why might this be?
- parts of plants can look different at different times of the year ✓
- daffodils do not have flowers
- daffodils are not plants
Match each part of the plant to the correct number ...
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  stem ✓
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  roots ✓
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  flowers ✓
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  leaves ✓

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Plants are made up of different parts.
The parts of a plant are also known as the structure of a plant.
The main parts of a flowering plant are roots, stem, leaves and flower.
The parts of flowering plants can be looked at closely using observation skills.
The parts of a flowering plant may look different at different times of the year.

Children may think that all plants look the same/similar with the same style petals and leaves.

Provide examples of flowering plants with leaves and petals of different shapes, sizes and colour.

Plants - A plant is a living thing that often has roots, stem and leaves.
Roots - The part of a plant that anchors it in the soil is called the root. Roots take in water for the plant.
Stem - The stem of a plant supports the leaves and flowers.
Leaves - A leaf is the part of a plant where the plant makes its food using the process of photosynthesis.
Flower - A flower is the part of a plant that makes it able to reproduce.