Plants
Category : 1st Class
Plants
Plants are living things. They can grow but they cannot move.
Types of Plants
Big Plants
Tree: Big and strong plants are called trees. For example, Banyan tree and Mango tree.
Banyan tree Mango tree
Small Plants
Shrubs: Small plants which are strong are called shrubs. For example, rose and sunflower.
Rose Sunflower
Herbs: Small plants which are weak are called herbs. For example, mint, coriander.
Mint Coriander
Plants that Cannot Stand Straight
Creepers: Plants which grow along the ground are called creepers. For example, pumpkin and watermelon.
Pumpkin Watermelon
Climbers: Plants which climb up by taking supports of other plants, sticks or walls are called climbers. For example, money plant and pea plant.
Money Plant Pea Plant
What we get from Plants?
What we get from Plants?
We get clothes, fuel, shelter, wood and many other useful things from plants. We get food from different parts of plants which we eat as fruits, vegetables, cereals, stems, flowers and leaves.
Fruits:
Apple, Banana, Guava
Roots:
Carrot Beetroot Sweet Potato
Leaves:
Spinach Cabbage Mint
Stems:
Potato Ginger Garlic
Flowers:
Cauliflower Broccoli
Cereals:
Wheat Rice Maize
Parts of Plants
Different parts of plants are: roots, stem, leaves, flowers and fruits.
Functions of different parts of plants:
(1) The green leaves make food for the plant. Leaves are also known as the kitchen of the plants.
(2) Flowers are of different types and colour.
(3) Fruits contain seeds from which other plants of same kind grow.
(4) Roots of plant are under the soil. Roots give water to the plant from the soil.
(5) The stem supports the plant. It also carries food and water to all the parts of the plant.
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