Getting to Know Plants Notes

INTRODUCTION

•    Plants are the most vital part of our environment. They form the very first layer of ecosystem. They are the food producers. There would be no life without plants.

•    Plants are living organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae.

CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS

•    They are of different colours, shapes, and sizes.

•    Plants are alive, just like human beings and animals.

•    They grow and die.

PARTS OF A TYPICAL PLANT

•    The roots of a plant are very important.

•    They keep the plant anchored to the ground and absorb nutrients and water from the soil.

•    The roots also store food.

•    Flowering plant stems, leaves, and flowers make up the plant shoot system.