Kindergarten Science : Plant and Animal Survival
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Example Question #1 : Describe Plant Survival Needs
Which do plants need to survive?
Water
Dogs
Fun
Water
Plants need a few things to survive, including water. Water is absorbed from the roots and helps the plant to grow and live. Plants do not need fun or dogs to survive.
Example Question #2 : Plant And Animal Survival
Which do plants NOT need to survive?
Candy
Water
Food
Sunlight
Candy
Plants do not need candy to survive. Plants do not eat human foods. Plants get energy from the sun. Plants need sunlight to make food and water from the soil to live.
Example Question #3 : Plant And Animal Survival
Plants cannot live without
Energy
Happiness
School
Energy
Plants need energy to live. Plants take the Sun’s energy and make their own food to give them nutrients to survive. Plants do not need school or happiness to live.
Example Question #1 : Plant And Animal Survival
Plants need sunlight, water, and energy to
Talk
Sing
Dance
Live
Live
Plants need sunlight, water, and energy in the form of food to live, or survive. Plants do not need human things like singing, talking, or dancing to live.
Example Question #5 : Describe Plant Survival Needs
Without water, what happens to a plant?
It lives forever
It dies
It moves away
It dies
If a plant does not have water it will die. A plant’s roots absorb water from the ground to help it live.
Example Question #2 : Plant And Animal Survival
How are plants and animals different?
Plants are tall and animals are short
Plants and animals are not different
Plants make their own food and animals have to eat food
Plants make their own food and animals have to eat food
Plants and animals are different in many ways. In this case, plants make their own food, and animals must consume other animals or plants to live. Animals are not able to make their own food like plants.
Example Question #3 : Plant And Animal Survival
How are plants and animals similar?
Both have flowers
They both have fur
They both need energy to survive
They both need energy to survive
Plants and animals are similar, or alike in many ways. Both plants and animals need the energy to survive and get energy from their food. Plants make their food with help from the sun and their leaves. Animals get energy from what they eat.
Example Question #4 : Plant And Animal Survival
Why don’t plants need to eat food?
They eat their flowers
They make their own
They are never hungry
They make their own
Plants do not consume food in the way animals and humans do. Plants make their own food in their leaves using the Sun’s energy. Animals and humans have to eat plants or other animals to survive.
Example Question #2 : Describe Plant Survival Needs
Why do plants need sunlight?
To see better
To make energy
To keep warm
To make energy
Plants need sunlight to survive. Plants use sunlight to make energy (or food) to live.
Example Question #5 : Plant And Animal Survival
Which part of the plant helps it to survive?
Pinchers
Roots
Legs
Head
Roots
Roots are an important part of a plant. Roots absorb water from the soil. Plants do not have pinchers, legs, or a head.
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