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PLANTS

PARTS OF A PLANTPLANTS NEED SUN, WATER, AIR AND SOIL.

SOME PLANTS HAVE FRUIT.

LEAVES ABSORB OXYGEN AND SUNLIGHT.

ROOTS ABSORB WATER AND MINERAL.

THE STEM SUPPORTS THE PLANT.

Click on the musical notes and listen to the song.

Click on the apple tree and watch the video.

TREES, BUSHES AND GRASS TREES HAVE A THICK STEM

(TRUNK) THAT HAS BRANCHES.

BUSHES HAVE A LOT OF THIN

STEMS.

GRASS IS THIN AND BENDY.

DECIDUOUS AND EVERGREEN TREES

DECIDUOUS TREES LOSE

THEIR LEAVES IN AUTUMN. THE

LEAVES CHANGE COLOUR, FALL

TO THE GROUND AND GROW

IN SPRING AGAIN.

EVERGREEN TREES DO NOT

LOSE THEIR LEAVES IN AUTUMN,

AND THEY ARE GREEN ALL YEAR.

LIFE CYCLE OF A PLANT THE ROOTS ABSORB WATER AND MINERALS.

WATER GOES THROUGH THE STEMS TO THE LEAVES.

THE LEAVES ABSORB SUNLIGHT.

PLANTS PRODUCE FOOD IN THEIR LEAVES.

PARTS OF A FLOWER

PETALS

SEPALS

STAMEN

Click on the flowers to watch a video.

PLANTS REPRODUCE

SEEDS.SOME PLANTS HAVE FLOWERS. THE FRUIT CONTAINS SEEDS. THE FRUIT MATURES AND FALLS TO THE GROUND. NEW PLANTS GROW.

POLLEN.FLOWERS HAVE STAMENS THAT CONTAIN POLLEN. WIND OR INSECTS MOVE THE POLLEN TO OTHER FLOWERS AND THEY REPRODUCE.

USE OF PLANTS SOME PLANTS ARE

AROMATIC (WE USE THEM IN PERFUMES, e.g. LAVENDER).

SOME PLANTS ARE MEDICINAL (e.g. CAMOMILE).

WE USE SOME PLANTS AS CONDIMENT IN COOKING (e.g. PARSLEY).

PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT

PLANTS GIVE US FOOD AND

OXYGEN.

THEY GIVE ANIMALS HOMES, TOO.

PowerPoint realizado por Myriam Malo.