Investigate whether plants need sunlight and water to grow

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2nd Grade Science › Investigate whether plants need sunlight and water to grow

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Candy and Carly's mother gave them each a daisy plant to decorate their bedrooms. Candy put her plant on the windowsill, watered it every day, and checked for flowers and new leaves sprouting. Carly put her plant on a shelf in her room near the window and watered it once or twice a week. Candy's plant had beautiful white flowers and bright green leaves. Carly's daisy has no flowers, and the leaves were wrinkled. What was the most likely reason that Carly's plant had no flowers and had wrinkly leaves?

2

Debbie is doing a school project to see if plants must have both water AND sunlight to grow. She decides to put some plants in a window and others in a dark closet. She waters one in the sunshine and one that is in the dark. Debbie wrote down her daily observations and measurements and created a data table to display the information. She concludes that the plants in the window that received water grew the tallest and had the healthiest appearance. Is her conclusion valid based on the information she gathered? What evidence supports her claim?

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3

Plants can live without sunlight as long as they have water.

4

Susan is investigating whether plants need and sunlight to grow. She experimented, and the data table shows her results. Based on this info, which plant seemed to do the worst and why?

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5

Gary is investigating whether plants need and sunlight to grow. He experimented, and the data table shows his results. Based on this info, what can be concluded about the plants' need for water?

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6

Gary is investigating whether plants need and sunlight to grow. He experimented, and the data table shows his results. Based on this info, what can be concluded about the plants' need for water and sunlight?

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7

Susan is investigating whether plants need and sunlight to grow. She experimented, and the data table shows her results. Based on this info, which plant seemed to do the best and why?

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Sharon is doing a school project to see if plants must have both water AND sunlight to grow. She decides to put some plants in a window and others in a dark closet. She waters one in the sunshine and one that is in the dark. Sharon forgets to write down her observations and measurements when she studies the plants each day. She makes up the day, a conclusion, and turns it into her teacher. Can we trust Sharon's outcome, why or why not?

9

Keith forgot to water his new plant for almost a whole week. When he checked on it, the plant was wilted, and the leaves were turning brown. He had it in the sunlight as the directions said, but it didn't look right. What happened to Keith's plant, and why?

10

Hannah's mother gave her a sunflower plant for her birthday. She put it in the living room in a shady corner and watered it every day. She noticed it drooping and turning brown but could not figure out why. What was the most likely reason the plant was not growing and green?

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