1. Plants

2. Questions to think about…
How are plants classified?
How are plants similar or different?
Where can we find plants?
What are plants?
Why are plants important?

3. What are plants? Plants are living things.
They need air, food and water to stay alive.
They can make their own food.
Plants come in different shapes, sizes and colours.
There are more than kinds of plants!

4. Where can we find plants?
Plants are found in many places:
on the ground
on buildings
on other plants
on rocks
in water
Ferns growing on a tree
Moss growing on a rock
Plant growing in water

5. How are plants classified?
There is a great diversity of plants around us. Can you think of some ways to classify plants?

6. How are plants classified?
Plants which produce flowers.
E.g. orchids
Flowering
Plants
Plants which do not produce flowers.
E.g. ferns, mosses
Non-
flowering

7. Flowering plants The adult plants of flowering plants produce flowers.
They produce flowers when the conditions are right.
Flowering plants produce fruits.

8. Mosses and ferns are non-flowering plants.
Plants which do not produce flowers are called non-flowering plants.
Mosses and ferns are non-flowering plants.
Moss on a rock
A fern

9. How are plants similar or different?
The diagram shows the different parts of a flowering plant.
These parts may look similar or different in different plants.
fruit
leaf
flower
stem
roots

10. How are plants similar or different?
Roots
Usually found underground
However, some plants have roots above the ground.
Mangrove trees have roots above the ground.

11. How are plants similar or different?
Stems
Usually found above ground
However, some stems of plants are found underground.
stem
stem

12. How are plants similar or different?
Leaves
Leaves come in different shapes, sizes and colours.

13. How are plants similar or different?
Flowers
Flowers of different plants have different sizes, shapes and colours.

14. How are plants similar or different?
Fruits
Only flowering plants bear fruits.
Fruits come in many different sizes, shapes and colours and tastes.
Some fruits are edible while others are not.

15. Why are plants important?
Plants are important for the survival of living things.
Plants make their own food.
Animals depend on plants for food.
It is important to conserve and maintain the diversity of plants so that living things can survive.

17. The end