Did You Know?
Some plants have stems that can bend!
How Stems Help Plants
Stems hold up leaves and flowers high.
Types of Stems
Some stems are hard like wood.
What Stem Does
Stems hold up the plant.
They move water to the leaves.
Stems can be thick or thin.
Some stems can grow tall.
They can be green, brown, or red.
Stems help plants make food.
More About Stem
Stems are very old. They have been on Earth for a long time. Plants need stems to live and grow. Without stems, plants would fall down.
Stems are in many plants we see. They help trees, flowers, and bushes. We need stems for food and air too!
In the future, we will learn more. We may find new plants with cool stems. Stems are fun to study!
How Topics Connect
graph TD
A["Stem, stem, or STEM commonly refers to"] --> B["Plant stem, a structural axis of a vascular plant"]
A --> C["STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics"]
B --> D["Vascular plant"]
C --> E["Science"]
C --> F["Technology"]
C --> G["Engineering"]
C --> H["Mathematics"]
What Do These Words Mean?
vascular plant:A type of plant that has tubes to carry water and nutrients.
acronym:A word made from the first letters of other words.
structural axis:The main support part of a plant.
