Plant Structures and Their Jobs

Lab Brief #5

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Living things break the rules of non-living things — find the rule they break.

What you'll learn

Plants have specialized structures: roots anchor the plant and absorb water, stems transport materials, leaves capture sunlight, and flowers produce seeds for reproduction.

Key words

producer
A living thing, like a plant, that makes its own food.
consumer
A living thing that eats other plants or animals for energy.

Make a hypothesis first

Predict: what will happen to the plant if you change the water?

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

water

⚠️ Safety first

Never look directly at the Sun or into a laser, even briefly.
Mop up spills straight away so nobody slips, and keep liquids away from sockets.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Look at the vocabulary words and write a definition for each in your own words.

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Design a controlled experiment: grow plants under different light conditions (full sun, partial shade, no light). Water equally and measure growth daily for one week.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Watch carefully for any changes and note the time.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Create a data table to organize your measurements.

Question 1 of 3

Which part of a plant captures sunlight?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 3

What part of a plant absorbs water from the soil?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 3 of 3

What is pollination?

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🦠 You have more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 3 right.

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🌍 Where you see this in real life: Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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