1. Leaves are the food factories of a plant. – general question: Are leaves the food factories of a plant? – special question: What are the food factories of a plant? 2. The raw materials they use are of the simplest carbon dioxide, water and a few mineral ingredients. – general question: Are the raw materials they use of the simplest carbon dioxide, water and a few mineral ingredients? – special question: What are the ingredients of the raw materials they use? 3. The first, a gas, is all around them in the air and they absorb it through tiny pores in their surface. – general question: Is a gas all around them in the air? – special question: How do they absorb a gas? 4. Water, and the minerals dissolved in it, is collected by the roots from the ground in which the plant grows. – general question: Is the water collected by the roots from the ground in which the plant grows? – special question: Where is the water collected? 5.The agents within the tissues of the leaves that process these raw materials are small grains containing the green substance, chlorophyll. – general question: Are the agents within the tissues of the leaves small grains containing the green substance? – special question: What is the name of the green substance? 6.Powered by the energy of the sun, this is able to combine these elements and produce starches and sugars, the food from which the plant builds its various tissues. – general question:? Is it able to combine these elements and produce starches and sugar? – special question: What is it powered by? What is the food from which the plant builds its various tissues? 7. The process is called photosynthesis. – general question: Is the process called photosynthesis? – special question: What does the process call?
