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Leaf	Leaves are the food factories of a plant. They take in water and carbon dioxide, and use sunlight to make sugar for the plant to "eat." We call this process photosynthesis—making things with light.	Lettuce, spinach, cabbage
Root	Roots are usually underground. They soak up water and minerals from the soil and send them up through the stem to the rest of the plant.	Carrots, onions
Stem	Stems hold up the plant, and they have many tubes that carry water up from the roots and sugar down from the leaves. Stems are like the plant's pipes.	Asparagus, rhubarb
Flower	Flowers are designed to make fruits. Insects and birds travel from flower to flower and leave pollen behind. The pollen travels deep into the flower and meets an egg. The fertilized egg then forms a fruit.	Broccoli, cauliflower, pansies (some flowers taste as good as they look!)
Fruit	If they are fertilized, flowers turn into fruits. You can always tell a fruit, because it contains seeds. So anything with seeds—including lots of stuff we usually call vegetables—are actually fruits. Do your friends know how to tell a fruit from a vegetable?	Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, melons, apples, oranges
Seeds and Nuts	Fruits have seeds so plants can make new plants. Often we eat seeds all by themselves. If we put seeds in the ground, a new plant will grow.	Peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, beans, peas, pine nuts
Whole plant	Most plants contain leaves, roots, stems, flowers and fruits. But there's only one plant we eat whole. Can you guess what it is?	It's a bean sprout