Vocabulary for Plants Alive! By Mr. Mallory store When you store something, you keep it until you need it.

Vocabularyfor

Plants Alive!By Mr. Mallory

store

• When you store something, you keep it until you need it.

soil

• Soil is the dirt plants need in order to grow.

root

• A root is the part of a plant that grows into the ground.

seedling

• A seedling is a young plant that grows from a seed.

process

• A process is a set of steps that can happen in a certain order.

First

Second

Third

Fourth

mineral

• A mineral is something in nature, like salt, that is not a plant or animal. Minerals make the soil rich and help plants grow!

1. Nitrogen2. Phosphorus3. Potassium4. Calcium5. Magnesium6. Sulfur

Minerals Plants Need to Grow!

Most of these come from plant and animal decay, rocks, and animal waste!

life cycle

• A life cycle is a set of changes in a plant or an animal. These changes always happen in the same order.

Guess the Word

• A _________ is a young plant that grows from a seed.

seedling

Guess the Word

• A ___________ is a set of changes in a plant or an animal. These changes always happen in the same order.

life cycle

Guess the Word

• A _______ is the part of a plant that grows into the ground.

root

Guess the Word

• A ________ is a set of steps that can happen in a certain order.

process

Guess the Word

• _______ is the dirt plants need in order to grow.

Soil

Guess the Word

• A ________ is something in nature, like salt, that is not a plant or animal. _________ make the soil rich and help plants grow!

mineralMinerals

Bonus: Can you name one mineral plants need to grow?

1. Nitrogen2. Phosphorus3. Potassium4. Calcium5. Magnesium6. Sulfur

Guess the word

• When you _______ something, you keep it until you need it.

store

Great Work!The End