Life Around Us
The parts of a plant
Name the parts of a plant on a labelled drawing, say which of them sits under the soil, and notice how leaves, bark and fruit differ from one plant to the next.
Once you have met trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers and creepers, the same handful of parts turns up in a plant of any of those shapes. The chapter draws a tomato plant and asks you to label it: roots, stem, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds.
One part is hidden
Five of the six parts are drawn above the soil, where you can see them. The roots are drawn below it. That is why the chapter's picture has a line across the middle — a plant carries on underground, and the part you have to imagine is the part holding it in place.
Have a play
The parts of a tomato plant, and the name of each one.
Tap any part of the picture.
Worked example
Gopu presses a sheet of paper against a tree trunk and rubs a crayon over it. What is he collecting?
Name the surface he is rubbing: the hard outer covering of the trunk, which is called the bark.
Bark is a part of the plant with its own name, and it is the one you meet by touch rather than by looking.
Try it together
Now set up your own plant friend, step by step.
The chapter asks you to pick one plant and keep watching it for weeks.
1.Choose a plant, give it a name, and protect it. There is one thing the chapter asks you to do for it each day. What is it?
Have a go
Have a go on your own. Which list gives the parts of a plant as the chapter names them?
Ready to practise?
Eight questions on what you have just read. Nothing is timed, and you can play as many times as you like.