How Do You Say Sunflowers?
What’s in a name?
There are many different
kinds of scientists. A scientist
who studies plants is called a botanist.
Scientific names come from
the Latin language. The
scientific name for a sunflower is Helianthus. In Latin, Helios means sun,
and anthos means flower.
Many
plants love being in the sun.
Some plants really need a lot of sun; others grow better with less
sun. Sunflowers need lots of
sunshine. In the morning, a
sunflower faces the rising sun, and by afternoon the sunflower has turned
toward the setting sun. This type of movement is called PHOTOTROPISM.
The French word for
sunflower is tournesol (Turn-i-so), which means, “turn with the sun.”
Can you fill-in these blanks?
Sunflowers are sometimes called sun followers because
they
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A botanist is a
scientist who studies plants.
The science of studying plants is called, B
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