Nadia Higgins - Experiment with a Plants Roots

Experiment with a Plants Roots — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "Experiment with a Plants Roots" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

123

Experiment

with

a

Plants

Roots

Nadia Higgins

Copyright 2015 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Content Consultant: Dr. Norm Lownds, Curator, Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens

All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing
Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Lerner Publications Company
A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
241 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA

For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Higgins, Nadia.

Experiment with a plant's roots / by Nadia Higgins.

pages cm. (Lightning bolt books Plant experiments)

Includes index.
ISBN 9781467757294 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN 9781467762434 (eBook)
1. Roots (Botany)Juvenile literature. 2. PlantsExperimentsJuvenile literature. I. Title.

II. Series: Lightning bolt books. Plant experiments.
QK644.H59 2015

581.498dc23

2014017738

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 BP 12/31/14

Table

of

Contents

Observe Like
a Scientist

How

Much

of a

Plant

Is

Roots?

A giant oak trees branches
stretch into the sky. But did
you know you are seeing only
part of the tree? Underground,
the oaks roots may spread even
farther than the branches.

An oak tree can have
many branches. But
it also has many roots
buried underground.

Roots are an important
plant part. They take
in water and minerals
from the soil. They
hold the plant in the
ground. Roots also
store food for the plant.

A dandelion has a
long, thick root.

An oak trees root system is
very big. But how much of a
backyard weed do you think
is hidden in the soil? Make
a prediction.

Nowletsexperimenttofindoutifyouwereright!

Trees have lots of
roots that spread out.

What you need:

scissors

pencil
and
paper

shovel

ruler

two different weeds
(crabgrass and
dandelions work well)

Steps:

With an adults help, dig up two
different weeds.

Shake off all the dirt from the
roots. Rinse the roots with water if
you need to.

Crabgrass and dandelions are
good weeds for this experiment.
Ask an adult to help you find
weeds that are safe to dig up.

Cut the roots off the weeds.

Measure the length of the roots.
Now measure the top
of each plant.
Record your
results.

Is the root or the top
of this dandelion longer?

Now put your results in a chart.
Was your prediction correct?

Think It Through

Are the weed tops or the
roots longer? Are you
surprised by how much of
a plant is underground?

Your chart should list the
lengths of the plant tops
and plant roots.

How Much

Water

Do Onion

Roots

Take

Up?

A gardener waters
the soil under a
plant, not the
leaves. Why? Its
because the plants
roots take in the
water. The roots
send water up
through the rest
of the plant.

Gardeners try to water
as close to a plants roots
as they can.

But just how much water can
roots take in? Lets experiment
with an onion bulb to find out.

What you need:

liquid
plant
food

clear
jar

plastic cling wrap

water

pencil
and paper

onion bulb from
a garden store

rubber
band

ruler

toothpicks

permanent
marker

Steps:

Fill the jar with water and add a few
drops of plant food.

Push the toothpicks into the onion.
Use them to balance the onion on the
rim of the jar. Make sure the bottom
of the onion touches the water.

Mark the water level
on the outside of the
jar using your marker.

The plastic wrap
seals the jar to
keep water from
evaporating.

Loosely seal the jar around the
onion bulb and toothpicks with
plastic cling wrap. Put a rubber
band around the plastic wrap to
hold it in place.

Put the onion in a sunny spot.

Rootswillstartgrowingafterafewdays!

Check your onion once a week.
Measure the distance between your
first water level mark and the new
water level. Write down your results.

About how much water
did your onion's roots
take up each week?

Many desert plants
have long roots. Their
roots go deep to find
water in dry soil.

Think It Through

As the roots grew, they took
in water. They also took
in minerals from the plant
food that were dissolved in
the water. Did you have a
hot day? That made your

Next page

123

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «Experiment with a Plants Roots»

Look at similar books to Experiment with a Plants Roots. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Laura Hamilton Waxman

Lets Look at Snails

Jennifer Boothroyd

What Is Taste?

Judith Jango-Cohen

Lets Look at Iguanas

Kristin Sterling

Its Sunny Today

Nadia Higgins

Experiment with a Plants Living Environment

Christine Zuchora-Walske

Lets Look at Prairie Dogs

Steffi Cavell-Clarke

Roots

Nadia Higgins

Experiment with What a Plant Needs to Grow: Plant Experiments

Nadia Higgins

Experiment with Parts of a Plant: Plant Experiments

Jennifer Boothroyd

What Is Touch?

Ruth Berman

Lets Look at Bats

Janet Piehl

Lets Look at Pigeons

Discussion, reviews of the book Experiment with a Plants Roots and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.