Parts of a Plant
Identify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants (roots, stem, leaves, flowers) and trees (roots, trunk, branches, leaves)
What a learner can do afterwards
- Label roots, stem, leaves, and flowers on a diagram of a flowering plant
- Name the main parts of a tree: roots, trunk, branches, leaves
- Explain that roots take in water and leaves catch sunlight
The lesson
You know plants and trees. Now let's look closer. Every part of a plant has a job.
Roots dig into the soil. They take in water for the plant. Leaves spread out wide. They catch sunlight to make food.
Zara looks at a big oak tree. She points to the roots, then the trunk. Next she points to the branches and leaves. The tree has parts, just like a flower.
Trees use different names for some parts. A tree's stem is called a trunk. But every part still has the same job.
Roots drink water, leaves catch sunlight, and stems or trunks hold the plant up.
Watch it
Where it sits
Learn first
This opens up
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.