Kidz Lab Academy: Importance of Plants To People
Kidz Lab Academy: Importance of Plants To People
Kidz Lab Academy: Importance of Plants To People
Food
Foods rich in carbohydrates, vitamins, and mineralscome from plants.
The trunk of trees give us lumber for building houses and making chairs, and
cabinets.
Bamboos are also used as posts of houses and fences.
Clothing materials
Plants, like abaca, pina, ramie, maguey and cotton may be used to make clothing
materials.
Oxygen
Plants help make the air clean.
They absorb carbon dioxide, the gas that we exhale, and us it in m aking their
food.
Making products
Extracts from flowers, fruits, and stems of certain plants are added to perfumes
and beauty products.
Large trees provide gums and resins which are used in making glue, wax, inks,
and paint.
Latex, the gum from rubber trees, is used to make rubber for tires and other
products.
Paper which is used for making books, boxes, and other things, come from wood
chips.
Dye for coloring cloth also comes from various plant parts.
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Worksheet
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KIDZ LAB ACADEMY Science 3
To make our plants healthy we must do the following tips on how to care for them.
Place the plants where they can get enough air and sunlight.
Protects plants from stray animals by building a fence around them.
Water the plants regularly.
Cut off dried stems and leaves.
Put enough fertilizer around the plants.
Protect newly transplanted seedlings from direct sunlight.
Use good soil for planting.
Loosen the soil around the plants to cultivate it.
Remove the weeds that surround the plants.
Remove pests that cling to the leaves and stems of plants.
QUICK QUIZ
A. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If not, change the word that makes the sentence
incorrect. Write your answers on the space provided.
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D. Write five descriptive words describing in a plant. Use each word in a sentence.
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Chapter Test
A. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which part of a plant can be likened to your backbone because it supports the
plant?
a. Flower
b. Fruit
c. Leaf
d. Stem
B. Arrange the jumbled letters inside the parenthesis form the correct word for each
blank.
C. Write true before the sentence that shows the proper way of taking care of plants. If
not, encircle the word that makes the sentence wrong and write on the blank the work
that will make the sentence correct.