By: Adrianne Graziano LRC 320- Final Project PLANTS 5th grade By: Adrianne Graziano LRC 320- Final Project

Why Study Plants? Plants capture energy in sunlight for all other organisms to use. Plants release oxygen for all to breathe and provide essential minerals to organisms that eat plants. Plants can be used as treatments and cures. Plants are part of our world and they enrich our lives.

Terms to Know Botany: the classical term to describe the study of plants. Biologists: scientists who study living things Plant Biologists: the biologists who study plants.

Plant Structure Plants can be either herbaceous or woody. Most herbaceous plants have stems that are soft, green, and contain little woody tissue. Herbaceous: Plants with stems that are non-woody and die back to the ground every year. Some herbaceous plants include marigolds, zinnias, grass, tomatoes, green beans and geraniums. Woody: Stems that are hard. These stems usually don't die back to the ground during the winter. These are stems we use to make things like furniture and houses. Woody plants include oak trees, maple trees, lilacs, apple trees and magnolias.

What parts of the plant do we eat? A large part of what people eat is made up of plants or parts of plants. In fact, plants contain many of the nutrients that help us live healthy lives. ROOTS SEEDS LEAVES FRUITS FLOWER STEMS

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Website Resources http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/ http://www.mcwdn.org/Plants/PlantsMain.html http://www.mckeowninc.com/plants.html http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/ http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_main.html

This concludes this lecture about Plants 