* THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS

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1. Plants are sources of Foods for Animals and People2. Plants are used as major food sources

Plants are called Producers bec.

they can make their own food.

3. Plant parts are used as vegetables

Plant parts eaten as vegatables are

bulbs, flower buds, leaves, roots,

seeds, stems and tubers

*Bulbs – are fleshy leaves that surround a

short stem. That base of the leaves is large

and grows underground.

*Flower buds

*Fruits

*Leaves

*Roots

*Seeds

*Stems

*Tubers

4. Plants recylce nutrients

Bacteria & fungi (mushrooms) serve as

links in the recyling process of nutrients.

They decompose organic tissues and

release them as inorganic tissues and

release them as inorganic substances to

the soil or water.

*Plants produce Oxygen

The oxygen supply in the earth’s

amosphere is a result of photosynthesis

by green plants.

About 20% of the oxygen we breath is

produced by the green terrestrial plants

and trees.

5. Other uses of plants

a. Wood

b. Fibers

c. Oils

d. Ornaments

e. Medicine

Questions:

If there were no plants. What major

poblems do you think people would

face?

Why plants are important?

State the use/importance of plants.

What plant parts serve as food to people

and animals?