Plants need chemicals called minerals to stay healthy and grow.

Food is any substance that an organism uses as a source of both energy and materials for growth and repair.

A producer is an organism that makes its own food.

Carbohydrate is a type of food. Sugar and starch are examples of carbohydrates.

Plant nutrition

Science

Pupils will learn about differences in the cell structures of eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.

Pupils learned about gas exchange in humans, and cellular respiration in all living organisms uses glucose as a fuel to provide energy for life processes.

This unit covers photosynthesis, including how plants produce carbohydrates, absorb water and minerals, and the role of leaf stomata in gas exchange. It highlights the importance of photosynthesis in sustaining life on Earth and explores the adaptations of leaves for photosynthesis.

Plant nutrition and photosynthesis

Which **two** things do plants take in from their surroundings through their leaves?

Plants take in minerals and {{}} through their roots to help them stay alive.

**Andeep:** “Plants do **not** need food to stay alive.”

**Jacob:** “Plants make food for humans but don’t need food themselves.”

**Jun:** “Plants need food to stay alive.”

**Sofia:** “Plants take in nutrients and this is all the food they need."

Plants take in food from their surroundings.

How do plants get the food they need to stay alive?

Plants make their own food. This food is a type of __________.

As fuel for cellular respiration to provide energy.

To make proteins, fats, cells and tissues.

To provide minerals for growth and repair.

Plants make their own carbohydrate food. How do plants use this food?

Match each part of the plant to its correct name.

**Aisha:** "Plants are living organisms."

**Izzy:** "Plants are **not** living organisms."

**Lucas:** "Plants are organisms but they are **not** living things."

An organism that makes its own food is a _____.

How many producers are shown in the food chain?

Match each organism from the food chain to the correct term used to describe it.

All plants and animals use food and oxygen as fuel to provide energy for life. What is the name of this process?

Starter Quiz