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Genre Nonfiction Comprehension Skill Alike and Different Text Features • Captions • Labels • Glossary Science Content Animals and Plants Scott Foresman Science 1.3 ISBN 0-328-13741-3 ì<(sk$m)=bdheb < +^-Ä-U-Ä-U Vocabulary Extended Vocabulary antennae camouflage flower leaf root stem compound conifer evergreen float simple spines Picture Credits Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). 8 (BR) ©Stephen Haywood/DK Images; 12 (BL) Peter Oxford/Nature Picture Library. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson. ISBN: 0-328-13741-3 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V010 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 What did you learn? 1. Where do leaves grow? 2. What are two kinds of leaves that grow in woodlands? 3. by AnnSpines Rossi help desert plants. Write to explain what spines can do for desert plants. Use words from the book as you write. 4. Alike and Different How are leaves in watery places like leaves in deserts? How are they different? What You Already Know Chameleons use camouflage to stay safe. Animals live in different habitats. Animal body parts help them live. Animals use their body parts to help them find food. Animals also have ways to stay safe where they live. Animals have many ways to stay safe. Sometimes they help each other. Sometimes they use camouflage. Plants are different from animals. Plants do not have antennae to help them. But plants are like animals in many ways. Their parts help them live in different habitats too. 2 Plants have parts. Roots take in water. They also hold the plant in the ground. The stem moves water around the plant. The leaf makes food. The flower makes seeds. Plants have different kinds of leaves. Plant parts help plants stay safe. Some plants use camouflage too. In this book, you will learn about leaves that live in different places. You will find out that different leaves help plants live in different kinds of places. 3 Leaf Life There are many different kinds of leaves. Leaves grow in many places in the world. They have special parts to help them live in all these places. Fanwort Maple Eucalyptus Maritime pine Fern Haworthia 4 Rattan palm Leaves come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are as small as a baby’s little toe. But some are as long as a bus! You will see many kinds of leaves on these pages. 5 Woodland Leaves Many kinds of leaves grow in woodlands. Woodlands are places with lots of trees. Woodlands have simple leaves and compound leaves. A simple leaf is one leaf on one stem. A compound leaf has many leaves on one stem. Ash Oak Norway maple Fern Maple leaves Beech Some leaves change color in the fall. This happens when the days are short and the nights are cool. The leaves fall to the ground by winter. New leaves grow in spring. 6 7 Evergreens stay green all year. They grow new leaves as they shed their old ones. Holly and laurel are evergreens. So are most conifers. Conifers are plants that have cones. Maybe you have seen a pinecone from a conifer. Variegated holly Atlas cedar Maritime pine California laurel Conifer 8 Many evergreens have small leaves with points. These leaves are better for living where it is cold. The leaves have wax on them. This keeps water in. Plants need to keep water in cold places. 9 Tropical Leaves The tropics are hot and wet places. The weather is perfect for palm plants. Most palms have leaves that look like fans or feathers. Some palm leaves are very big. Embauba Swiss cheese plant Rattan palm Elephant ear plant 10 Rain forests and jungles are in the tropics. Their treetops make a thick cover. Not much light from the Sun gets to the forest floor. Leaves that grow under the cover can be very large. Their size helps them get enough light to make food. 11 Desert Leaves Haworthia Many desert plants have small spines. These leaves do not give off much water. Spines also keep plants safe from animals that want to eat them. Eucalyptus Desert rose Kokerboom Camelthorn acacia 12 Some plants store water in thick, waxy leaves. The waxy leaves help keep water inside the plant. Plants need to keep water when they live in hot, dry places. 13 Watery Leaves Leaves that grow in water can be big or small. The flat, wide leaves of the water lily float on water. The giant water lily can grow to be as big as a car! Fanwort Mare’s-tail Water lily Water hyacinth 14 The next time you see a plant, look at its leaves. See their size, shape, and color. Then think about how the leaves, big or small, help the plant to live. 15 Extended Vocabulary Vocabulary Glossary compound antennae camouflagemade of conifer compound more than one part evergreen flower float leaf conifer a tree that grows cones simple root spines stem evergreen a plant that has green leaves What did you learn? 1. Where do leaves grow? 2. What are two kinds of leaves that grow in woodlands? 3. Spines help desert plants. Write to explain what spines can do for desert plants. Use words from the book as you write. 4. Alike and Different How are leaves in watery places like leaves in deserts? How are they different? all year long float stay up on top of water simple having one part or only a few parts spines hard plant parts with sharp points Picture Credits Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd). 8 (BR) ©Stephen Haywood/DK Images; 12 (BL) Peter Oxford/Nature Picture Library. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson. ISBN: 0-328-13741-3 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. 16 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V010 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05