Meet the Plants

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Meet the Plants

• Identifying and defining plants
• By Mrs. Killian

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What do plants need to grow?

• Air
• Water not too much!!
• Light
• Soil

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What are the parts of a plant?

• Flower
• This part makes seeds.
• Stem
• This part carries food and water through the
  plant.
• Leaf
• This part makes food for the plant.
• Root
• This part carries water from the soil to the
  plant.

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Kinds of plants

• Edible
• You can eat it fruit and vegetables
• lettuce
• carrots
• Non-edible
• Dont eat these
• poison ivy

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More kinds of plants

• Flowering
• Plants that have flowers to attract insects.
• Non-Flowering
• Plants that dont have flowers-only leaves.
• ivy
• ferns
• Conifers
• Plants that grow cones and do not lose their
  leaves.
• Decidious
• Plants that lose their leaves each fall.

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Plants are used in many ways.

• Lumber comes from trees.
• Paper comes from trees.
• Gum comes from tree sap.
• Medicines come from many plants
• Cloth comes from cotton plants.