Plants and water
Plants need water to make their own food. This is called photosynthesis. It happens in plant leaves. Plants also need carbon dioxide from air and sunlight to make their food.
Test your knowledge of how water travels in plants with the activities below.
You will need: a seed, paper towels, tall glass, water.
- Take a tall glass and wrap some paper towels into a cylinder and place inside.
- Fill up the bottom quarter of the glass with water.
- Place a bean between the paper towels and the inside of the glass.
- Make sure it is above the water and doesn’t fall into it.
- Put it on a windowsill for a week or so. You should see the roots with their tiny hairs growing downwards and the shoot growing upwards.
