Plants

Plants

Science

PLANTS

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PLANTS NEED:

• water

• soil

• sunlight

• air

FOOD FROM PLANTS

We human beings use more than 2000 different types of plants to create various delicious food items in our meals.

BAMBOO

Bamboo is an extremely rapid growing plant. In fact, some bamboo varieties can grow almost a metre (about 3.2 feet) in a single day.

WATER PLANTS

• More than 85% of plant life is found in the ocean.  

POISON PLANTS

• Poison Ivy produces a skin irritant known as urushiol which can cause an allergic reaction like an itchy rash on the exposed skin.

CARNIVORE PLANTS

• Many plants are carnivores like the Venus Flytrap and eat tiny little insects and spiders to gain useful nutrients.

FERTILIZERS

• In order to help plants to grow, fertilisers are added to the soil or sprayed on them.

• Manure, which is actually animal waste is a fertiliser too.

OLDEST PLANT

• Gingko Biloba which dates to about 250 million years ago is the oldest living tree species in the world

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FRUIT PLANTS

• Plants may grow fruits. Fruits have seeds inside.

• Banana is actually an Arabic word for fingers.

VEGETABLE PLANTS

• Some other plants are vegetables. They have no seeds inside.

• Cabbage has 91% water content.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

• Plants convert carbon dioxide, water and minerals into food when they use energy from sunlight and this process is known as photosynthesis.

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SEEDS WE EAT

• Oak trees do not produce acorns until they become 50 years old.

Strawberry is the only fruit that has seeds on the outside. It has about an average of 200 seeds.

STORING WATER

• The African tree, Baobab can store 1000 to 120,000 litres of water in its tree trunk.

HEALTHY PLANTS

• Potato fries will be healthier if the skin is left on it as all the nutrients are in its skin.

• The first potatoes were cultivated in Peru about 7000 years ago

WAYS TO USE TREES

• An average-sized tree can provide wood enough to make 170000 pencils.

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PLANTS HELP YOUR MOOD

• Bananas contain a natural chemical that makes people feel happy.

SLEEPING PLANTS

• Onions contain sulphuric acid which causes tears when we cut them. The tears produced is how the body washes it away from the eyes.

• Onions can make you sleepy if you eat too many at a time since they act as natural sedatives.

MEDICINE

Around 70000 plant species are being utilized all over the world for medicines.