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CHAPTER 1
Plants
and Their
Needs
What are plants?
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Plants grow in all shapes and
sizes. What kinds of plants have
you seen?
Plants
Everywhere
Lesson 1
1 LS 2.a. Students know different plants and animals inhabit different
kinds of environments and have external features that help them
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How are plants different?
What to Do
Observe. Find some plants
around your school. How
many different plants can
you find?
Record Data. Draw two
different plants that
you find.
Compare. How are the
plants alike? How are they
different?
Explore More
Communicate. How
could you find out
more about the plants
you saw?
paper
crayons
You need
Step
1 IE 4.b. Record observations and data with
pictures, numbers, or written statements.
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Vocabulary
plants
habitat
What are plants?
Just like you, plants are living
things. Living things grow and
change. Seeds from plants
grow into new plants. The
seeds will make a new plant
that looks like the parent plant.
A Sometimes people grow
plants near their homes.
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Not all plants look the
same. Some plants are
very tall. Other plants,
like grass, spread out
along the ground.
Some plants have
colorful flowers.
How are plants like
you? How are they
different?
Tall Trees
How do you know
the trees are tall?
Read a Photo
Redwood National
Park, California
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Where do plants live?
Plants live almost everywhere on
Earth. They have parts that help
them live in different habitats.
A habitat is the place where plants
get what they need to live.
B Many desert plants have thick
skin and spines to help them
live in hot, dry places.
Joshua Tree National Park, California
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1. Find Main Idea and Details.
Why can plants grow in
different places?
2. Write about a plant near school.
Where do plants grow in your area?
How would you describe their habitat?
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Rainforest habitats
are very wet. Many
rainforest plants have
leaves that help them
live in wet places.
Can a rainforest
plant live in a desert?
C Rainforest plants grow
tall to get sunlight.
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Observe
You use your senses to observe.
You can see, hear, taste, touch,
or smell to find out about things.
Learn It
Amy wrote what she observed
about a rose in this chart.
1 IE 4.b. Record observations and data with pictures, numbers,
or written statements.
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Try It
Observe a plant.
1. What shape are the plant’s
leaves?
2. What does the plant feel like?
3. Make a chart like Amy’s. Fill
in the chart with what you
observed.
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