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Do you remember the name for the process that allows plants to use sunlight to grow?
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#3. The SUN & LIFE

The Sun’s light helps to make our food. Energy from the Sun is essential to life on Earth.

Honeybee collecting nectar from a sunflower. Image credit: pxfuel.com

Honeybees collect nectar from sunflowers and get pollen all over their bodies. When they fly to another plant they spread that pollen. This makes it possible for the plant to produce sunflower seeds that other animals (including humans) can eat.

Image credit: pxfuel.com

Drag and Drop Fill-in-the-Blanks
FITB #3. Challenge Level: Low. Word count: 116. # Blanks: 9. Prerequisites: none.

  • DRAG & DROP the words into the spaces in the paragraph below to FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS. NOTE: The word will only drop successfully when the cursor tip (or your fingertip on mobile devices) is within the light-colored box above the blank which will turn yellow when the word is properly positioned.
  • TO UNDO YOUR CHOICE click on the blue circle
    next to the dropped word.

plants winds a small amount flowing photosynthesis vegetables energy animals solar

The Sun gives out huge amounts of
energy. Even though Earth only receives
of this energy, it is more than enough to sustain life on Earth. The Sun's light keeps trees and other
growing. The Sun's energy melts the ice and snow. This keeps the rivers
. The Sun warms some areas of Earth more than other areas, and this keeps the
blowing. Trees and other plants use light energy from the Sun to grow. This is called
. Pigs, birds, bears, humans, and other
can also receive
from the Sun. They do this by eating food that plants make like seeds, nuts, grains, leaves, fruits and
.
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