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Plant Water Transport Experiment

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Plant Water Transport Experiment

Celery in coloured water experiment

🔬 Part 1: Before the Experiment

1. What do plants need to live and grow? Tick all that apply:

Water

Sunlight

Air

Chocolate

Nutrients from soil

2. What part of the plant carries water from the roots to the leaves?

Flowers

Stem

Petals

Seeds

3. Make your prediction: What do you think will happen when we put celery in coloured water?

👀 Part 2: Observations During the Experiment

4. Draw what the celery looked like at the start of the experiment:
5. After 15 minutes, what changes did you observe? Describe what you saw:
6. Draw what the celery looked like after the experiment:
7. The special tubes in plant stems that carry water are called:

X _ _ _ m

🤔 Part 3: Understanding What Happened

8. Why did the coloured water move up the celery stem?

The celery was thirsty

Water travels through special tubes in the stem

The leaves pulled the water up

Magic

9. Was your prediction correct? Explain what was the same or different:
10. Why is it important for water to travel from roots to leaves in real plants?
11. Complete this sentence:

In this experiment, the coloured water showed us how __________ moves through plant stems to reach the __________.

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