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DO-IT-YOURSELF COLORS
To see how a flower draws up water, you will need some
white carnation flowers, tap water, and food coloring.
1. Take a white 3. Within an hour, one half
carnation and ask will change color! This
an adult to split happens because the flower
the lower half draws up the water and the
of the stem in two. color through the stem.
2. Put one side in
tap water, and the Water with
other in water with food coloring
food coloring.
Tap water
Green for growth
Plants have a green pigment in their leaves
called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is very
important for plants, because it collects
energy from sunlight so that they
can grow. Before their leaves drop, the
green color of the leaves changes into
yellow and red—the colors you
see in the fall.
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