2. Plants As Resources Sol 2.8

3. Plants Are Useful

4. Plants Give Us Medicines  Over ½ of medicines are used from plant parts.  Medicines are used to help heal and cure illnesses and diseases. Medicines

5. Plants Give Us Food  We eat different types of foods that come from a plant.foods  We eat the stems, roots, leaves, flowers, and seeds of a food.food

6. Plants Give Us Clothing  Materials are made from plants to make the clothing (shirts, hats, gloves) we wear.clothing

7. Plants Give Us Things to Build  The trunks of trees are cut down and used for lumber.lumber  Lumber is used to help us build things such as houses, sheds, boats, and schools.

8. Plants Give Us Paper  Parts of trees are used to make all kinds of paper.paper

9. Plants Help Us Breathe  Plants provide oxygen for humans and animals to breathe.  Oxygen is a “fancy word” for air. Oxygen  Humans and animals cannot breathe without air.

10. Plants Give Us Shelter  Many animals use plants as a place to live.  Birds live in tree branches.  Owls live in tree trunks.  Monkeys use branches to escape from predators.

11. Plant Quiz  Plants are used to make ____________ to help heal and cure illnesses and diseases. medicines

12. Plant Quiz  Which parts of a plant do we eat? Stems, leaves, roots, flowers, fruits

13. Plant Quiz  Trees are used to make _______________ and____________. lumber paper

14. We Use Plants Everyday  Look around the room. What might have come from a plant?  Think about what you ate today. Which items may have come from a plant?