Suppose all the plants in our world die off, no other living thing will eventually be found on the Earth.

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Lesson 1.3 Plants are useful

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It is not enough to say that plants are useful; in fact we depend on plants. Life of animals and other living things cannot go onwithout plants.

Plants make use of sun energy.

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Sugars(food)

Sugars(food)

They make food not onlyfor themselves but alsofor all other animals andHuman beings.

and make it availableto all the other livingthings.

They are the only living things that make use of the sun’s energy,

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They have a mechanismin their bodies to do this job.

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The food which we get from plants includes grains, rice, pulses, wheat, sugar, fruits and vegetables.

Animals and human beings depend on plants for their food.

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Many oils, margarine,and ghee arealso productsof plants.

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Plants for medicine, cotton, wood

The main trunk of the tree is cut into logsand planks. Furniture like tables and chairsare made from wood.There are many other things we use whichare made from wood.

Many important medicines are prepared from plants.

Think of your cotton clothing or yournotebook.Cotton comes from plants .Wood, which comes from trees is used inbuildings and in our furniture. Paper isalso made from wood.

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Plants used for medicineMany plants are used for preparing important medicines

Bitter gourd

papayamint

tulsi

gingerturmeric

neem

Aloe vera

Sada bahar

amla China rose

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Paper and plants

When you wrap a gift in a gift paper, or when you pack your lunch in a paper bag, thank a tree.

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How is paper made from plants ?

many machines at apaper mill. It is washed,cooked, rolled, andpressed. It is then turnedinto paper.

All kinds of paper are made from the

wood of trees. First the wood is ground to small pieces. Then it is put through

. When you use a notebook thank a tree.

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In this lesson you have learnt that:

• Plants are the most precious living things on the Earth

• They are the only living things that can make use of suns energy

• Plants not only provide food for animals and man, they are used in many other ways

• In fact every part of plant is useful

• Some of the things that we get from plants are:

wood, Paper, oil, medicines, cosmetics and of course foods like fruits, vegetables, margarine, oil, grains, nuts etc.

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A. Cross out the odd one in every line.

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LEAVES

ROOTS

SEEDS

NUTS

B. Name the things that are made of paper:

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2. (You write on it)

3. (It gives you news)

4. (Mother brings fruits and groceries in it.

5. (You paste it on the walls)

1. (You read it)