Plant Vocabulary words:
1. Roots - The roots of a plant soak up vitamins and minerals. They also store food for the plant.
2. Leaves - The leaves make food (sugar) for the plant. They also take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the air.
3. Stem - The stem supports the plant. It has many thin tubes that carry water, minerals, and food through the plant.
4. Flower - A flower is the part of a plant that makes seeds.
5. Fruit - Some plants have fruits. Fruits protect and hold the seeds of the plant. Many animals eat fruits, which can help the seeds spread to different areas.
6. Chlorophyll - Chlorophyll is a green pigment that is found in plants' leaves. It helps the plant make food.
7. Photosynthesis - Photosynthesis is the process that plants use to make food. During photosynthesis, the plan turns sunlight, chlorophyll, and carbon dioxide into food (sugar) and oxygen.
8. Petals: modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.
9. Bud: a compact knob - like growth on a plant which develops into a leaf, or a flower.
10. Shoot: a young branch - springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.
11. Taproot: a straight tapering root growing vertically downwards and forming the centre from which subsidiary rootlets spring.
12. Branch roots: a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil.