Main idea
Plants use the sun's energy to make food energy through a process called photosynthesis.

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Vocabulary
photosynthesis- The process by which plants turn sunlight into food.

Solar energy- Energy that comes from the sun.

Environment- All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism.

Biomass- A measure of the amount of living things in an environment.

Notes
• The California redwoods can reach up to 367 feet tall.they can also live over 2,000 years.
• plants offer gas that we breath called oxygen
• In a few spots tropical bamboo plants grow about 13 feet a week.
• The oldest tree in the world is one bristlecone pine.it has lived for almost 5,000 years.
• roots anchor plants to stay on the ground. Stems hold plants up tall and straight leaves collect the sun's nutrients and also connect to the stem.
• chlorophyll helps the plant in color and sun energy

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California redwood