LANGALIBALELE DUBE

PRIMARY SCHOOL

SUMMARY
WHAT IS A PLANT?
Plants are one of the five main groups of living things. These groups are called
kingdoms. The plant kingdom includes such living things as grasses, trees, ferns,
bushes, and flowers. Botanists, the scientists who study plants,

WHAT ARE THE MAIN KINDS OF PLANTS?

Almost all the members of the plant kingdom are seed plants. They grow from seeds.
Most seed plants are flowering plants, or angiosperms.

WHAT ARE FLOWERING PLANTS?

People who plant flower gardens fill them with flowering plants. Almost all the fruits and
vegetables you eat come from flowering plants. Flowering plants make seeds that are
inside a covering. Angiosperm, the name for flowering plants, means “enclosed seed.”

WHAT ARE OTHER SEED PLANTS?

Unlike flowering plants, some seed plants make seeds that are not inside a covering.
They are called gymnosperms, a word that means “naked seed.”