Plants

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How are plants organized?

PLANTS

Seedless PlantsSeed Plants

Angiosperms GymnospermsFerns &

related plants

Mosses &

related plants

Vascular Nonvascular

Plants that makes seeds further divide into two groups:

• Angiosperms- Plants that have flowers

• Gymnosperms- Plants that do not have

flowers

Arrange the jumbled letters to reveal a word.

• METS• TOORS• EALSEV • RSOEFLW

• STEM• ROOTS• LEAVES• FLOWERS

Plant Parts

Let’s Look at a Plant…Let’s name the parts of this plant:

flower

leafstem

What important part cannot be

seen?

Did you say “Roots”?What’s the job of the roots?

• They hold the plant in place.

• They take in water from the soil.

• They take in food from the soil.

What does the stem do?The stem’s jobs:

• The stem stands the plant up.

• The stem is the elevator thattakes the food and water to the rest of the plant.

Why do plants have leaves?The leaf’s job:• The leaf takes in energy

from the sun and turnsit into energy for theplant.

This is called photosynthesis.

The Flower

• The flower attractsinsects by its color and smell so insects canpollinate the flower.

• After being pollinated,the flower makes theseeds.

“Hey insects, come over here!”

What does the flower do?

TheFruit

• It is the sweet and fleshy edible part of a plant containing the seed or seeds.

The Seed

• It is a flowering plant’s unit of reproduction generally in form of grain, capable of developing into another such plant.

Plants are important to our habitat!

Plants give:• Beauty in nature

• Beauty in our gardens

• Food

• Fruit

• Shelter

• And more……

Take care of a plant today!!

Parts of Plant That Are Used As Food

Root

• Examples are carrots, radishes and jicamas.

Stem

• Examples are Kinchay, Kangkong and gabi.

Leaves

• Examples are camote tops,malunggay, gabi leaves, cabbage and pechay.

Leaves

Flower

• Examples are cauliflower, broccoli and squash flower.

Fruit

• Examples are tomato, watermelon, cucumber and guava.

Fruit

Seed

• Examples are peas, beans and corn

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