Morning Starters: Autumn 1 - Plant Parts
Did You Know?
Fruits aren’t just tasty snacks – they have a special job in helping plants survive! For example, in the Sonoran Desert, the saguaro cactus grows fruit filled with seeds that many animals, like birds and bats, love to eat. When these animals travel, they drop the seeds in different places, giving the cactus a chance to grow in new spots. It’s a brilliant system for spreading life far and wide.
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Credit: BBC One - Life
Word Challenge
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word. For example, the antonym of ‘up’ is ‘down’.
Write the antonym of each underlined word.
Grammar Challenge
Copy the sentence below, adding the important punctuation marks.
This fruit looks delicious exclaimed the hungry tortoise as he plodded towards the towering saguaro cactus
Number Challenge
The ruby-red fruit of a saguaro cactus contained 2,000 seeds.
How many friends could you share the 2,000 seeds with equally?
How many different ways can you divide the seeds among your friends?
Critical Thinking
A new species of cactus has been discovered, and scientists have described its fruit as ‘beautiful and bizarre’.
Draw how you imagine the fruit of this newly-discovered cactus might look.