Plants, types and purposes

Help other organisms decompose.

• moss

• fungi

• grasses

• trees

Includes plants such as trees, bushes and some vines.

Have hard, woody stems.

• herbaceous plants

• grasses

• moss

• woody plants

Tend to be long lived, some living for thousands of years.

Have thick roots which spread widely, usually under the ground.

• trees

• bee friendly plants

• medicinal plants

• fungi

Includes flowers, trees,

shrubs, vines and grasses.

Do not have woody stems.

• fungi

• moss

• grasses

• herbaceous plants

Do not have roots, stems or flowers. Able to absorb huge

amounts of water.

Can grow only in clean

environments.

• moss

• grasses

• herbaceous plants

• trees

Which plants are medicinal!?

• mint, all trees and fungis

• aloe vera, garlic and lavender

• marigold, all trees and fungi

• garlic, moss and grasses

It is a kind of complementary medicine that uses smell to improve your health or applied topically to the skin.

• Massages and oils therapy

• Smell therapy

• Aromatherapy

• perfume therpy

Parts of plants that we eat are ...

• All flowers and fruits

• only fruits

• We can eat seeds, roots, stems, flowers and fruits. Most parts of many plants.

• Only seeds and fruits

Now that you have learned more about plants and their purposes. Explain how important they are in our lives.

Would you like to start a project which involves plants? How would it oolk like?