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Domain 4:
Lesson 1
Introduction to Plants
environment (noun)
The place where living things live
nutrients (noun)
Things that help plants or animals grow and be
healthy in the same way that food and
vitamins help children grow and be healthy
plants (noun)
Living things that grow in the ground or water
plant (verb)
soil (noun)
To put a seed or plant in soil and cover it with
additional soil so it will grow
The top layer of dirt where seeds or plants are
planted
Lesson 2
Plant Parts
flowers (noun)
Parts of the plant where seeds are; blossoms
leaves (noun)
photosynthesis (noun)
roots (noun)
seeds (noun)
The parts of the plant that make food for the
plant
The process in green plants that uses light to
turn water and air into food
The parts of the plant that keep it in the
ground and take up food and water
The small, protected parts of a plant that are
able to grow into a new plant
stems (noun)
The parts of the plant that support the plant
and through which water and nutrients travel
to the rest of the plant
survival (noun)
The act of staying alive
Lesson 3
The Life Cycle of a Plant
germinate (verb)
To start to grow
life cycle (noun)
The stages and changes that happen in living
things, like plants and animals
mature (verb)
To develop fully; to grow into an adult or full grown animal or plant
sapling (noun)
A young tree
seedlings (noun)
Young or baby plants that have grown from a
seed
Lesson 4
The Gigantic Turnip
budge (verb)
To move a little
gigantic (adjective)
Very large
stew (noun)
A soup, usually with meat and vegetables,
cooked a long time
Lesson 5
Polly the Honeybee’s Flower Tour
honey (noun)
nectar (noun)
petals (noun)
pollen (noun)
pollination (noun)
A sweet, sticky food made by bees from the
nectar of flowers
A sweet liquid found in flowers that bees and
some birds collect
The colored, outer parts of a flower that are
not usually green
A fine, usually yellowish powder found in the
center of flowers
When pollen from one flower lands on another
flower and the second flower makes seeds
Lesson 6
The Fruits of Polly’s Labor
blossoms (noun)
The flowers on a plant or tree
core (noun)
The center or middle part of something
fruit (noun)
The part of the plant that contains the seed
produce (verb)
To make
scrumptious (adjective)
Something that tastes very good
Lesson 7
Johnny Appleseed
eventually (adverb)
At some later time ; in the end
hero (noun)
A very brave person
orchards (noun)
Areas of land where fruit trees are grown
Lesson 8
Deciduous Trees
bare (adjective)
Without any covering
deciduous (adjective)
Losing leaves every year
dormant (adjective)
Not active; asleep
habitat (noun)
A place where an animal or plant lives that
has food, water, and shelter
sheds (verb)
Drops, loses, or separates from something
Lesson 9
Evergreen Trees
cones (noun)
The parts of some
contain the seeds
conifers (noun)
Evergreen trees that have needle -like leaves
deciduous (adjective)
Losing leaves every year
evergreen (adjective)
Having green leaves all year round
needles (noun)
Very thin leaves
Lesson 10
Plants and People
bouquet (noun)
A bunch of flowers that has been arranged
and wrapped
lumberjack (noun)
A person who cuts down trees; a logger
evergreen
plants
that
medicines (noun)
Substances given to a sick person to help them
feel better
oxygen (noun)
A gas found in air and water
provide (verb)
To supply or give something
Lesson 11
George Washington Carver
botanist (noun)
Someone who studies plants
botany (noun)
The study of plants
canvas (noun)
A piece of material on which one can plant
crops (noun)
Vegetables or plants that are grown on a farm
for food