Uses of Plants

A Today you'll learn

List foods we get from plants
List other everyday materials that come from plants
Understand why plants are important to us

B Let's understand

Plants give us much more than just food. We eat fruits, vegetables, grains and pulses that all come from plants. We also get materials like cotton (for clothes), wood (for furniture and paper), and medicines from plants. Plants also give us the oxygen we breathe.

C See it step by step

Example 1: Worked example

Wheat and rice are plants that give us grains to eat.

Example 2: Worked example

Cotton plants give us the fibre used to make cotton clothes.

D Your turn

Which part of the cotton plant is used to make clothes?

Look back at "Let's understand" above for a clue.

E Ready to practise?

Plants give us fruits

Plants give us fruits, vegetables, grains and pulses to eat.

Cotton from plants is used to make clothes

Cotton from plants is used to make clothes.

Wood from trees is used for furniture

Wood from trees is used for furniture, paper and building.

Many medicines are made from plant parts

Many medicines are made from plant parts.

Plants release oxygen

Plants release oxygen, which we need to breathe.

Warm up

1. Name two fruits we get from plants.

2. Name the plant fibre used to make clothes.

3. What is wood used for?

Practise

4. Name one gas that plants give out that we need.

5. Name two vegetables that grow underground.

6. Why are plants called helpful to us?

Challenge

7. Name one medicine that comes from a plant (any example).

8. True or False: Paper is made from wood.

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1. Name two fruits we get from plants.

Any two: mango, apple, banana, orange

2. Name the plant fibre used to make clothes.

Cotton

3. What is wood used for?

Furniture, paper, building, fuel (any two)

4. Name one gas that plants give out that we need.

Oxygen