Plants: from seed to flower
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What you will learn
By the end, you can name the parts of a plant and say what each part does for the plant.
A tiny bean sits in the soil. Give it water, warmth and air, and it wakes up: a root pushes down, a shoot pushes up, leaves unfold, and in time a flower opens. One small seed grows into a whole new plant.
Read the explanation
Roots grow down into the soil and take in water and minerals. The stem carries water up to the leaves and holds the plant up. Leaves make the plant food using sunlight, water and air. Flowers make seeds, so the plant can grow new plants. That is the whole job of a plant, from root to flower.
- Roots take in water and minerals from the soil.
- The stem carries water up and holds the plant up.
- Leaves make food using sunlight.
- Flowers make seeds for new plants.