MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

INTEGRATED SCIENCE

GRADE 9

Week 5 Lesson 1
Topic: Nutrition

Sub-topic: Food storage in plants

Objectives: After reading and looking at the diagrams given students will:

 define accurately what is translocation.

 identify four food storage organs in plants

Content:

- In plants, food is prepared by the leaves by the process of photosynthesis.

- The food prepared by the leaves is in the form of simple sugars (glucose).
- The transportation of food from the leaves to other parts of the plant is called
translocation. This is done through the phloem.

Fig.1 Illustrates translocation in a Plant

 Fig. 2 Shows the Longitudinal Structure of the Phloem

 The food made by the leaves of the plant is necessary to be translocated to all the other
parts of the plant so that every part of the plant can utilize the food for obtaining energy
as well as for growth and repair.
 Plants store food in their roots, stems, leaves and fruits.
 A storage organ is a part of a plant specifically modified to store energy
(e.g. carbohydrates) or water.
 They are usually found underground (for protection from herbivores) and result from
changes to roots, leaves or stems.
 Examples of storage organs include:
Bulbs – modified leaf bases (found as underground vertical shoots) that contain layers
called scales (e.g. onions)
Storage roots – modified roots that store water or food in an enlarged central stele
(e.g. carrots)
Rhizomes - modified stems running underground horizontally (e.g. ginger)
Tubers – Horizontal underground stems that store carbohydrates (e.g. potatoes and yams)
Stems – sugar cane
 Fig.3 Illustration of storage organs in plants

Home Work

Prepare a list of 15 plants. For each plant listed state where the food is stored

References

Bernard, Myrna et.al (2003) Science in Daily Life Book 3 (Unit 5) Ministry of Education

https://www.funscience.in/study-
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https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=uH%2BNOVh3&id=8B48C1BA52
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https://byjus.com/biology/test-for-starch/

https://biology-igcse.weebly.com/food-test-2---benedicts-test-for-reducing-sugars.html

https://biology-igcse.weebly.com/-food-test-3---emulsion-ethanol-test-for-fats.html