{"id":5816,"date":"2020-05-19T08:05:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T15:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/?p=5816"},"modified":"2020-05-25T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T21:04:28","slug":"parts-of-a-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2020\/05\/19\/parts-of-a-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Parts of a Plant &#8211; Roots and Stems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ql6OL7_qFgU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A plant is made up of many different parts.<\/p>\n<p>The four main parts are the <strong>roots<\/strong>, the <strong>stem<\/strong>, the <strong>leaves<\/strong> and the <strong>flowers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Each part has a set of jobs to do to keep the plant healthy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>ROOTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>roots<\/strong> absorb water and minerals from the soil and anchor the plant in the ground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/roots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5817\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/roots-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/roots-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/roots.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>STEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The <strong>stem<\/strong> supports the plant above ground, and carries the water and minerals to the leaves.\u00a0 There are two types of stems, <strong>herbaceous<\/strong> and <strong>woody<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/bigstock-Baby-green-bean-plants-macro-c-26411981-1024x681-1-e1589578790727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5819\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/bigstock-Baby-green-bean-plants-macro-c-26411981-1024x681-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>Herbaceous<\/strong> stems are thin, soft and green in colour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/tree-e1589579570631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5820\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2020\/05\/tree-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Woody<\/strong> stems are taller, thicker and harder than herbaceous stems. When they are fully grown, they have bark.\u00a0 Woody stems may be trees or shrubs. A tree will usually have a thick main stem called a trunk.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do another experiment:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Color-Changing Celery Experiment!\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KIug9Foou3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our inquiry question is:\u00a0<strong> How Does a Stem Get Water to the Leaves?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our experiment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 clear jars<\/li>\n<li>Food colouring (blue and red)<\/li>\n<li>Celery stalks with leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place 10-15 drops of food colouring into each jar filled with half a cup of water (one jar with red and one with blue<\/li>\n<li>Cut an inch off the bottom of the celery stalks<\/li>\n<li>Place the celery into the coloured water<\/li>\n<li>Wait to see what happens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note:\u00a0 I started the experiment in the afternoon and photographed the results 24 hours later.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-5860 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 480px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-image-viewer foogallery-link-image foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-image-viewer fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-5860\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;loop&quot;:true}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fiv-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a 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The four main parts are the roots, the stem, the leaves and the flowers. Each part has a set of jobs to do to keep the plant healthy. 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