1. How do people use plants?
The uses of plants

2. Plants as food People use plants as food more than anything else.
Grain is used to make bread, cereal, pasta, etc.
Def: grain- is the seeds of certain grasses.
People eat many different parts of many different plants.

3. Plants as medicine
Plants contain substances that can be used to treat illnesses.
About 40 percent of the medicines we use today are made from plants.
One of the best known and most popular pain medicines is aspirin. It comes from the bark of the willow tree.

4. Other uses for plants
Fibers from plants are separated into threads and then woven into cloth.
Cloth is then sewn and worn as clothing.
Trees provide wood for building materials, furniture, and fuel.
Musical instruments can be made from wood also.
Paper is made from the pulp from trees too.
Soaps and shampooos can contain materials found in plants.
Perfumes get their scent from plants.