Name_________________________________________________
THE GREEN MACHINE
1. A green p _ _ _ _ makes its own food.
2. The plant and the sun work _ o _ _ _ _ _ _ to do this.
3. The _ _ _ t _ take in what the plant needs from the ground.
4. Roots drink w _ _ _ _ from the ground.
5. Roots also take in minerals from the _ _ _ l.
6. But the roots cannot make food without the _ _ _ v _ _,
7. The leaves contain a green substance called _ _ _ _ _ _ p _ _ _ _.
8. The chlorophyll in the leaves uses _ a _ _ _ _ dioxide to help make food.
9. Carbon doixide is in the air that people and animals _ _ _ _ t _ _ out.
10. A plant also uses the energy from _ _ _ _ i _ _ _ to help make its food.
11. Sunlight helps turn water, m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , and carbon dioxide into a
sugary food for the plant.
12. The sugary food is called _ l _ _ _ _ _.
13. As the plant makes food, it gives off _ _ y _ _ _ .
14. People and _ _ _ _ _ _ s need oxygen to live.
ANIMALS
BREATHE
CARBON
CHLOROPHYLL
OXYGEN
GLUCOSE
LEAVES
WORD BANK
MINERALS
PLANT
ROOTS
SOIL
SUNLIGHT
TOGETHER
WATER
WHAT IS CALLED WHEN PLANTS USE SUNLIGHT, WATER, AND
CARBON DIOXIDE TO MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD?