UNIT 2 SCIENCE: Plant nutrition and plant reproduction.

  PLANT NUTRITION

Photosynthesis: process by which plants make their food.

-NEED: water, mineral salts, carbon dioxide and sunlight.

-RAW SAP: plants take in water and mineral salts through their roots.

-Plants use sunlight to transform carbon dioxide and raw sap in elaborated sap.

PLANT REPRODUCTION

- PISTIL: female part, and contains the ovary.

- STAMES: male part, produce pollen.

- CORALLA: form the petals.

- CALYX: form the sepals.

(Look at the drawing in the cartapacio)👀

TYPES OF FRUITS

- FLESHY FRUITS: Contain a lot of water 

Ex: orange, grapes, strawberry, watermelon, pear..

- DRY FRUITS:  Contain little water.

Ex: almond, pistachio, walnuts, chestnuts...