UNIT 7

PLANTS
All the students will be able to:
identify major parts of a plant. (root, stem, leaf and flower).
list the functions of root, stem, leaf and flower.
identify different shapes of leaves found around them.
identify the roots that are eaten by people.
name a few plants around them which have flowers, and
which do not have flowers.
identify the fruits which have seeds in them.
recognize that some plants grow from seeds while others
grow from stems or roots.
identify that soil, light, air and water are needed to grow a
plant.
highlight the importance of plants for climate change.

Words to learn:
nutrients: substance that helps a living thing grow
CO2 : a gas breathed out by people and animals from the
lungs or produced by burning carbon

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Like humans and
animals, plants are
also living things.
Plants are of many
types and they are
all around us. Some
plants grow on land
whereas some grow
in water. You must
have seen very small
plants and some big
plants like trees.

Plants are very important. There are

many uses of plants. Without plants, life
would not be possible on Earth. Plants
give us oxygen.

They also give us food like vegetables,

fruits, cereals etc.

Plants remove gases (Carbon dioxide) which are harmful

for the Earth.
Excess of carbon dioxide heats up the Earth which causes
climate change.

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 PARTS OF A PLANT
Plants have different parts and each part has a different
job to do.

Flower is the part

which make fruit.

Leaf makes food

for the plant.

Stem takes water

and minerals from
the roots to the
leaves.

Roots grow in the

soil. They take up
water and minerals
from the soil.

QUICK REVIEW

Complete the sentence:

1. Leaves make .
2. Stem takes .
3. Flowers make .
4. Roots take .

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IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Plants play an important role in stopping climate change.
They keep the air clean from harmful gases. The lesser
plants we have the more our Earth is in danger of climate
change, that’s why we should plant more trees.

LET’S FIND OUT

Go outside and
collect different
leaves. Observe the
differences between
them. Draw the
leaves on chart
and display in your
classroom.

Leaves are of different shapes and sizes.

Some are very small, some are long, and some are
broad.
Do you know we eat roots of some plants too?

Carrots, turnips, potatoes, beetroots are some vegetables

which are the root part of the plant.

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 Rose plant Ferns

Some plants Some plants do

have flowers. not have flowers.

SEEDS

Look at the pictures above, all of these fruits have seeds in

them. Can you name some fruits which have one seed in
them and some which have more than one seed?

QUICK REVIEW

1. Which part of the plant is under the ground?

2. Name one fruit which has only one seed.
3. Why are plants important for us, share one reason?

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HOW DO PLANTS GROW?

Most of the plants grow from seeds. Some

plants can grow from stems or roots too!

All living things need food to

grow. They need nutrients from
soil, sunlight, air, and water to
make their food and grow.

Seeds take The seed When the plant Flowers

nutrients starts to grow breaks through grow when
from the soil. roots under the ground it the plant is
the ground starts getting fully grown.
with the help sunlight that
of water and helps the leaves
nutrients. to grow.

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 MIND
MAP

GIVE US OXYGEN

PLANTS KEEP THE AIR CLEAN

GIVE US FRUITS AND

VEGETABLES

TAKES WATER AND

MINERALS FROM THE FLOWER
ROOTS TO THE LEAVES
STEM
TAKES UP WATER AND PARTS OF A
MINERALS FROM SOIL PLANT
ROOTS

MAKES FOOD FOR THE LEAF

PLANT

SOIL

LIGHT
SEEDS
GROWTH OF AIR
PLANTS STEM OR
ROOTS WATER

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