{"id":179,"date":"2024-11-30T22:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T05:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2024-11-30T22:41:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T05:41:28","slug":"what-do-plants-need-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/what-do-plants-need-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"How do plants grow and make food?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve set the stage in the previous two lessons about the importance of agriculture to the development of society, let&#8217;s dive into how plants actually do grow and make food!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean, think about it&#8230; a seed can sit on a shelf for years. Then we put it in some soil with water and it grows into a giant plant that makes more plants with fruits full of seeds? It&#8217;s pretty magical!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>So the life cycle to the right shouldn&#8217;t be anything new to you as a teenager, but we need to dive deeper into HOW the seed actually grows into a much larger organism.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tomato-plant-1024x819.png\" alt=\"tomato plant life cycle\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tomato-plant-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tomato-plant-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/sciencegonnagetyou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tomato-plant.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Watch the video below and make draw a model showing in the world does a plant grow and make food?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Growing Watermelon Plant Time Lapse - Seed to Fruit (110 Days)\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KNoPwKT8rVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s keep learning&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;ve set the stage in the previous two lessons about the importance of agriculture to the development of society, let&#8217;s dive into how plants actually do grow and make food! I mean, think about it&#8230; a seed can sit on a shelf for years. 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