1 UNIT 4. PLANTS.
WRITING ACTIVITIES: PAGE 1
1.– Watch this video and answer these questions: 1.– What is a plant?
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2.– What is chlorophill?
3.-Why plants are called producers?
2.– Write three characteristics of plants:
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3.– Watch the video and write True or False to these sentences: 1.– Angiosperms are flowering plants.
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2.– Gymnosperms are non-flowering plants.
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3.– Gymnosperms produce ovules inside a carpel .
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4.– A carpel consists of a stigma, a style and an ovary.
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5.– Gymnosperm means naked seeds.
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6.– An apple tree is a gymnosperm.
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7.– An apple tree is a angiosperm.
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4.– Answer these questions:
1.– What is the purpose of seeds? 2.– Where are gymnosperms’ seeds in flowers or in cones? 3.– What does ‘to germinate’ mean? 4.– What do seeds need in order to germinate? TRANSLATE THESE USEFUL WORDS: .– chlorophyll:
.– autotrophic nutrition:
.– moss:
.– fern:
.– sori (sorus):
.– spores:
.– seed plants:
.– gymnosperms:
.– angiosperms:
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WRITING ACTIVITIES: PAGE 2
UNIT 4. PLANTS.
C.E.I.P. SANTA ANA (Madridejos)
1.– Write the defitions of these parts of the plant: 1.– Root: 2.– Stem: 3.– Leaf: 4.– Seed: 5.– Fruit: 6.– Flower:
2.– Write the reasons of why these parts of the plants are so important. 1.– Why fruits are important? 2.– Why seeds are important? 3.– Why leaves are important? 4.– Why the stem is important? 5.– Why roots are important? 3.– Complete these sentences from this video about the parts of the flower. Write the names here: 1.– Sepal… 2.– Petals… 3.– Male parts: 4.– Carpel or female parts is formed by… 5.– Flower gives us... 4.– Answer these questions: 1.– What is the female part of a flower called? 2.– What do the stamens do? 3.– What’s the name of the movement of pollen from stamen to the carpel? 4.– After pollination the pollen travels to the ovary. This movement is called… 5.– When an ovule is fertilised, it turns into a … 6.– Some seeds are eaten by ____________, or blown by the __________ and they are dispersed to form new plants. 7.– This action is called... TRANSLATE THESE USEFUL WORDS: .– roots :
.– root hairs:
.- stem:
.– trunk:
.– petiole:
.– blade:
.– stomata:
.– petals /corolla:
.– sepals/calyx:
.– stamen:
.– anther;
.– filament:
.– pistil :
.– stigma:
.– style:
.– ovary:
.– ovules:
.– seeds:
1 UNIT 4. PLANTS.
WRITING ACTIVITIES: PAGE 3
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1.– Write the defitions of these concepts, or complete: 1.– Photosynthesis is… 2.– To make the photosynthesis, plants need ___________, ___________, ___________ and ______________. 3.– Xylem transports __________________ and __________________ to the parts of the plant. 4.– The ____________________________ is the responsible of the green colour of the leaves. 5.– The Carbon dioxide gets into the leaves, and oxygen gets out of the leaves through the _________________. 6.– Through the photosynthesis plants get ________________ and ______________. 2.– Answer these questions, or complete the sentences: 1.– Which ingredients are necessary for photosynthesis? ____________, ___________, __________ and ________ 2.– Carbon dioxide gets into the leaves through __________________. 3.– Where does photosynthesis takes place? 4.– What does chlorophyll make in the photosynthesis? 5.– What are carbon dioxide and water converted into at the end of the photosynthesis? 6.– Where do people and animals get the oxygen they breathe? 7.– What do plants do with sugar?
3.– Complete the boxes in this drawing about photosynthesis:
TRANSLATE THESE USEFUL WORDS: .– xylem sap: .– pholem sap: .– photosynthesis: .– chlorophyll: .– respiration: .– carbon dioxide: .– glucose /sugars; .- transpiration:
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WRITING ACTIVITIES: PAGES 4 & 5
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1.– Write three types of tropisms, and the explanation of each one:
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2.– Write the female parts of the flower: 3.– Write the male parts of the flower: 4.– Write four steps of sexual reproduction on plants:
5.– Define polination: 6.– Define fertilization:
7.– Watch videos and play with interactive activities on page 5 and complete these questions: a.- What is the female part of a flower called? b.– What do the stamens do? c.– The movement of pollen from the stamens to the carpel has a special name. What is it? d.– The movement of pollen to the ovary to form a seed is called… e.– Write two ways of seed dispersal: f.– What is the main job for petals? g.– What does a seed need to germinate? TRANSLATE THESE USEFUL WORDS: .– tropism:
.– phototropism:
.– geotropism:
.– nastic movements:
.-hydrotropism:
.– asexual / sexual reproduction:
.- pollination:
.- fertilization:
.– pollen tube:
.– seed formation:
.- germination:
.– radicle:
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WRITING ACTIVITIES: PAGE 6
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1.– Write the name of five types of asexual reproduction in plants, explain them and do a picture of each one:
TRANSLATE THESE USEFUL WORDS: .– spores:
.– bulbs:
.– stolons / runners:
.– buds:
.- vegetative reproduction / propagation:
.– tubers: