Plant nutrition
You can describe what plants need from their surroundings to stay alive and grow, and how they get food.
- Year 9
Plant nutrition
You can describe what plants need from their surroundings to stay alive and grow, and how they get food.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Plants are living organisms that need light, air, water and minerals to stay alive and grow
- Plants take in light and gases from air through their leaves, and take in water and minerals through their roots
- Water and minerals are not food, but plants do need food to stay alive and grow
- Plants do not take in food from their surroundings, they are producers that make their own food
- The food that plants make is carbohydrate, which they use for growth and as a source of energy
Keywords
Minerals - Plants need chemicals called minerals to stay healthy and grow.
Food - Food is any substance that an organism uses as a source of both energy and materials for growth and repair.
Producer - A producer is an organism that makes its own food.
Carbohydrate - Carbohydrates are a type of nutrient found in foods. Sugar and starch are examples of carbohydrates.
Common misconception
Plants take in food from their surroundings.
This lesson explores why the things taken in by plants are not food, and the idea that plants make the food they need to survive.
Equipment
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match each part of the plant to its correct name.
Q2.Who has the correct idea about plants?
Q3.An organism that makes its own food is a _____.
Q4.How many producers are shown in the food chain?
Q5.Match each organism from the food chain to the correct term used to describe it.
