1. What do plants provide for humans?
Food
Oxygen
Clothing
Shelter
Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office
July, 2002

2. Plants provide oxygen globally
Forests
Rangeland
Rain Forests

3. Fun Fact!
Did you know that a 4,000 sq.. ft. lawn will provide enough oxygen for a family of five.

4. Plants provide a source of food for humans.
They convert sunlight and minerals into a digestible form.
Bottom of food chain
Feed for animals

5. Plants provide fiber
Cotton
Textiles
Fabric
Clothing

6. Plants provide building materials.
Lumber to build shelter
Roofing Materials
Fencing
Tools

7. Humans use plant by-products
Turpentine
Dyes
Resin
Mulch
Decorative Bark

8. Trees and bushes provide shade for:
Comfort
Beauty
Cut heating and cooling bills

9. Trees act as Windbreaks
They provide protection for crops, homes and yards from hot summer winds, cold, icy, winter winds and snow.

10. Plants provide erosion control.
They help to secure hill sides
They help to reduce river bank erosion
They help reduce soil movement by wind.

11. Trees and plants
act as sound barriers.

12. Trees and plants provide beauty through flowers….

13. Landscapes

14. And natural settings such as meadows, forests and wetlands.

15. Legumes enrich the soil through the production of nitrogen.

16. Plants provide many medical products.
Penicillin
Digitalis