1.5 - Making food

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1.5 - Making food

What is this Basics section about?

Substances and energy

Photosynthesis

Why photosynthesis is important

Edible parts

Nutrients

-Humans need oxygen, nutrients and energy to stay alive.

- Food contains nutrients.

- Nutrients = products our body needs to stay a life.

glucose

Plants don't feed on other organisms. 

They make their own food and substances that they are made out of. 

Glucose is another word for sugar. 

photosynthesis

Process by which a plant makes glucose using energy from sunlight

water + carbon dioxide (+ sunlight) => glucose + oxygen

Photosynthesis

Why is photosynthesis important?

Edible parts quiz

Which part of the plant is a carrot?

1. Root
2. Stem
3. Leaf
4. Bud

Which part of a plant is a cucumber?

1. Root
2. Stem
3. Fruit
4. Leaf

Which part of the plant are beans?

1. Flowers
2. Fruits
3. Seeds
4. Buds

Which part of the plant is broccoli?

1. Root
2. Stem
3. Leaf
4. Flower

Which part of the plant is artichoke?

1. Leaf
2. Flower
3. Fruit
4. Seed

Which part of the plant is asparagus?

1. Leaf
2. Flower
3. Fruit
4. Stem

Which part of the plant is potato?

1. Seed
2. Root
3. Fruit
4. Stem

What did we learn?

where do we get our energy from?

What is glucose?

How does a plant make it?

What parts of the plant can we eat?

Plenda / To Do

Read 1.5 - Making food 

Do Qs 1 t/m 3

Learn the photosynthesis song - link on magister