Water in plants
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw the path of water from the roots to the air with arrows.
Roots, stem (xylem), leaves, water vapour into the air.
2
Predict: which plant loses more water, a leafy one or a bare stem? Explain.
The leafy one, because stomata in leaves let water vapour out.
3
Find a white flower and coloured water and try the colour climb with a grown-up.
The colour climbs up the stem.
4
Ask a family member where the shade is coolest on your street and why.
Under trees; plants cool the air.
5
Write a short sentence about the blue lotus.
Wide flat leaves float on water and catch sunlight.