Name ________________________________

Introduction: You are an alien from the planet Gliberg.  You have landed on the planet Earth.  As you look around, you see many strange green things blowing in the breeze.  You wonder about their use, how they grow, why they look so different, and how they reproduce.  You were sent to Earth by your planet to learn everything about the place.  These green things are your first challenge.

Task: You must learn everything there is to know these green things that seem to carpet so much of the land of the Earth.  Use your data sheet to keep track of the information you found.

Directions:  Click on the site address above the questions to find the answers to
                   questions below it.

Germination:  a seed begins to grow
 

Internet Sites	Description of Site
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/germ6.html	Page has information about how seeds grow.

1.  When a seed starts to grow, we say it ____________.

2.  What stores the food for the baby plant?

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3.   When the seed starts to germinate, what is the the first thing to come out.

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4.  What conditions are needed for the seed to grow?

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Photosynthesis

Internet Sites	Description of Site
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/photo3.html	Site has information about photosynthesis.

1.  Animals inhale__________________  and exhale ______________.

2.  What does photosynthesis mean?

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3.  Where does photosynthesis take place?  ______________

4.  What does  chlorophyll do in a plant?

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5.  From sunlight, green plants combine ___________  and __________ to make sugar and oxygen.

6.  Green  plants use ________________ to make starch, fats, and proteins.

7.  There are tiny pores called __________.   __________ and ______________
      enter and leave through the stomata.

Spreading Seeds:  How seeds get from place to place
 

Internet Sites	Description of Site
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3715/seeds4.html	Page explains how seeds spread across the land.

1.  How do birds help seeds to spread?

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2.  Write down four other ways that seeds can spread.

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