Let’s go through each question one by one using the word bank. The story is about how plants make their own food — that’s called photosynthesis! We’ll use words like “chloroplasts,” “sun’s rays,” “water,” and others to fill in the blanks.
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1. Phoebe gets turned into a beanstalk and can’t figure out how to ________________.
→ She’s a plant now, so she needs to learn how to
grow. That makes sense — plants grow from seeds or roots up into big plants.
✔ Answer:
grow
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2. Plants have ________________, stems, and roots.
→ What part of a plant is missing here? Leaves! Plants have leaves, stems, and roots.
✔ Answer:
leaves
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3. Ms. Frizzle and the class go inside the ________________.
→ They’re learning about photosynthesis — where does that happen inside a plant? Inside the
chloroplasts! Those are tiny parts in plant cells that catch sunlight.
✔ Answer:
chloroplasts
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4. The sweet potato plant sucks up ________________ in the soil through its ________________.
→ Plants take in
water from the soil. And they do it through their
root hairs — those tiny hair-like parts on roots that soak up water.
✔ Answers:
water,
root hairs
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5. Water travels up the plant through the ________________, then into leaves.
→ After root hairs grab water, it moves up through the
stem to get to the leaves.
✔ Answer:
stem
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6. The green blobs in leaves are called ________________.
→ Again, these are the
chloroplasts — they’re green because they have chlorophyll, which catches sunlight.
✔ Answer:
chloroplasts
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7. The leaves bring in fresh ________________.
→ For photosynthesis, plants need air (specifically carbon dioxide). So leaves take in fresh
air.
✔ Answer:
air
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8. The chloroplasts catch the ________________ and the sun gives them ________________.
→ Chloroplasts catch the
sun’s rays (sunlight), and that gives them
energy to make food.
✔ Answers:
sun’s rays,
energy
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9. The chloroplasts use air, water, and sun to make a sugary ________________.
→ The end product of photosynthesis is
food — specifically sugar (glucose) that the plant uses for energy.
✔ Answer:
food
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10. Plants don’t get food from somewhere else; they make their ________________.
→ Plants make their
own food — that’s what makes them special!
✔ Answer:
own
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Final Answer:
1. grow
2. leaves
3. chloroplasts
4. water, root hairs
5. stem
6. chloroplasts
7. air
8. sun’s rays, energy
9. food
10. own
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