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plants guidebook
Are you curious about plants? Then come along! Let’s
do the experiments in this kit together to learn all
about them!
In this guidebook, you will see a lot of things
that you already recognize. But there is so much left
to discover about them! The pictures will guide us in
doing our experiments and projects. And whenever
you see a Try It box, you will see more ideas for other
exciting experiments.
And now, let’s begin!
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Getting Started: What comes in your kit?
Kit contents:
magnifying glass
petri dish
2 cups with cover
plant maze
2 small signs
thirst
scale
color
strip
clay pot
color tablets
pipette
garden cress
seed packet
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Experiment 3: Besides water and light, do plants need
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b
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anything else to grow?
Or do you have other ideas?
Figure it out
like this:
paper
towel
plastic
bag
2x
Answer:
Water and light alone are not enough. Plants need carbon dioxide, a gas
that people and animals exhale. The plants inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. This is how we get enough oxygen and the plants enough carbon dioxide. The bag will suffocate the plants.
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Experiment 4: Why do plants sweat?
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Figure it out
like this:
plastic
bag
Or do you have other ideas?
Answer:
Plants absorb water with their roots. Extra water is
released again as water vapor through tiny openings in the underside of their leaves. The reason
plants sweat is not because they run too fast!
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