ABOUT FLOWERS

                                         BEAUTFIFUL FLOWERS HISTORY

      THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOWERS GROWING ALL OVER THE WORLD.

      THESE AMAZING FLOWERS ARE PASSION FLOWERS.

SEEDS TO SEEDLINGS

    A SEED HAS A HARD SHELL WITH A YOUNG PLANT INSIDE. SEEDS GROW IN THE SOIL WHEN THE SUN AND RAIN HAS MADE THEM WARM AND WET.

  

   EACH SUNFLOWER SEED CAN GROW INTO A BIG SUNFLOWER

IN THE SOIL THE SHELL OF A SEED SPLITS

A SMALL ROOT SPROUTS OUT OF IT.

THEN A SHOOT GROWS OUT OF THE SEED

       WHEN A SHOOT BREAKS THROUGTH THE SOIL, IT IS CALLED A SEEDLING.

THE LARGEST SEED IN THE WORLD IS THE COCO DE MER. IT IS BIGGER THAN A FOOTBALL.

COCO SEED

PLANT PARTS

   MOST PLANTS ARE MADE UP OF FLOWERS, LEAVES, ROOTS AND STEMS.

THE STEMS KEEP THE PLANT UPRIGHT. LEAVES AND FLOWERS GROW ON THE STEMS.

PLANT MAKE FOOD IN THEIR GREEN LEAVES. SOME PLANTS HAVE LEAVES THAT ARE SHARP AND SPIKY. THEY GROW WELL AS ANIMALS PREFER TO EAT SMOOTH LEAVES.

LOTS OF THINGS YOU EAT ARE PLANT PARTS. BROCCOLI IS A BUNCH OF FLOWERS AND CARROTS ARE A KIND OF ROOT.

  

UNDERGROUND, THE ROOTS SOAK UP WATER FROM THE SOIL . THEY HOLD THE PLANT IN PLACE TOO.

MAKING FOOD

 PLANTS NEED FOOD TO GROW. THEY USE SUNLIGHT, AIR AND WATER TO MAKE THEIR FOOD.THE SOAK UP AIR AND SUNLIGHT. THEN THE LEAVES SUCH RAINWATER UP THE STEM FROM THE ROOTS. THE WATER, SUNLIGHT AND AIR MAKE FOOD IN THE LEAVES.

SOME PLANTS STORE THEIR FOOD IN BULBS, WHICH ARE MADE UP OF LAYERS OF SPECIAL LEAVES. ONIONS ARE A TYPE OF BULB. IF YOU CUT ONE IN HALF, YOU CAN SEE ITS LAYERS. 

ONION

BUDS TO FLOWERS

   WHEN A SEEDLING HAS GROWN INTO A STONG PLANT, IT IS READY TO GROW FLOWERS. BABY FLOWERS ARE CALLED BUDS. THE PETALS ARE TIGHTLY PACKED INSIDE A BUD. SLOWLY A BUD BEGINS TO OPEN, ITS PETALS START TO APPEAR. THE PETALS OPEN INTO A FLOWER.

IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLOWER THERE ARE LONG TUBES CALLED STAMENS. ON THE TIPS OF THE STAMENS THERE IS SOME POWDER CALLED POLLEN. PLANTS USE POLLEN TO MAKE SEEDS.