​What Do Plants Need?

​Plants need lots of water to stay healthy.

​What Do Plants Need?

Plants need soil, too.

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​Soil helps them to grow.

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​This person is crumbling up lots of rich, dark soil to cover the bulb.

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​If all the plant's needs are met, the bulb will grow into a beautiful plant!

​What Do Plants Need?

Plants need space to grow.

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​In this video, the person dug a nice wide hole to put the plant in.

​Vocabulary Words

1. ​sunlight

2. ​soil

3. ​nutrients

Sunlight

​Light that comes from the sun.

​Soil

​The top layer of Earth. It is made up of small pieces of rock and once-living things.

​Nutrients

​Things in soil that help plants grow.

​What do plants need to grow and stay healthy?

​Like people, plants have needs.

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​Plants need water, air, light, nutrients, and space.

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​Most plants also need soil.

​Incredible shrinking plants

​In the video we see an unusual plant.

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​If this plant is touched its leaves will fold up and appear to die.

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​The leaves will eventually open up again.

​Sunlight

​Plants need sunlight to help them make food and to grow.

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​Sunlight is light that comes from the sun.

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​The light from the sun shines on the leaves of a plant.

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​The plant uses the sunlight and other things to make food for itself.

​Water

​Plants need water to help them make food and to grow.

​Nutrients

​Nutrients are things that help plants grow.

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​Nutrients can be found in soil.

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​Plants need nutrients to make food and to grow.

​Soil

​Most plants need soil.

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​Soil is made up of small pieces of rocker and once-living things.

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​Soil contains nutrients that plants use to stay healthy.

​Space

​Plants also need space to grow.

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​Plants need enough space for their roots and leaves.

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​If they are too crowded, the plants will not be healthy.

​Air

​Plants also use air to make food and to grow.

​Meeting a plant's needs.

​Let's take a look at what happens to a plant when any one of its needs is not met.

​Plants can't live without water.

​This plant died because it did not get enough water.

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​The soil dried out.

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​A plant can't survive without water.

​Plants can't live without sunlight.

Here are two plants.

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​The plant on the right grew in the dark. This plant died because it did not get enough sunlight.

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​A plant cannot live without sunlight.

​Plants can't live without nutrients.

​These plants are dying because they are no longer in soil.

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​The plants can't get the water and nutrients they need.

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​They will die if soil is not put around their roots.

​Plants need enough space.

​This plant is dying because it does not have enough space for its roots.

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​It needs a bigger pot.

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​The plant can become healthy again if it has enough room to grow.

​People can help plants!

​People can help palnts meet their needs by taking care of them.

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​We can water them and make sure they have good soil and receive enough sunlight.

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​We can also make sure plants have enough space around them to grow and be healthy.

​Essential Question Review

• Plants need light, water, nutrients from the soil, space, and air to grow.

• ​A plant has to meet its needs in order to live and grow.

• ​We can help plants meet their needs.