USES OF PLANTS

•Plants have many uses.

•We get most of our food from plants – let us study them

By Aniruddh Kommajosyula

III C

Delhi Public School, Nerul

PLANTS GIVE US FOOD

PLANTS GIVE US DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD.

WE GET FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND NUTS FROM PLANTS.

FRUITS VEGETABLES

Mangoes

Grapes

Pears

Oranges

Guavas

Watermelons

Strawberries

Potatoes

Radishes

Carrots

Onions

Bottle

gourds

Cucumbers

Beans

Capsicums

NUTS

Ground Nut

Coconut

Walnut

Cashew Nut

Important: Tomato and Brinjal are actually fruits .

WE EAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF A PLANT

STEMS ROOTS

POTATO

ONION

ASPARAGUS

CARROT

RADISH

TURNIP

TURMERIC

BEETROOT

FLOWERS

CAULIFLOWER

BROCCOLI

LEAVES

CABBAGE

LETTUCE

CORN

GROUNDNUT

SEEDS

FOOD GRAINS

Cereals

The food grains of many

plants like rice, wheat,

maize, barley and oat that

we eat are called cereals.

Some cereals are ground to

make flour.

DRY SEED-LIKE FRUITS OF SOME PLANTS, WHICH WE USE AS FOOD.

PLANTS GIVE US FOOD GRAINS.

Pulses

The food grains like arhar,

moong dal, chana dal etc.

that we eat are known as

pulses.

These are cooked dry or in

the form of curry or eaten

with cereals.

USES OF PARTS OF PLANTS

Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, and sugar are from plants.

The flowers and fruits of some plants like rose, lemon and mango are used to make sherbets, juices and jams.

Juices and oils of certain plants are used to make soaps, shampoos and toothpastes.

Sweet-smelling flowers of plants like rose and jasmine are used to make perfumes.

The juices of certain trees are used to make paints.

We get dyes from plants like Henna (Mehendi).

Spices:

A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root or bark of some plants.

We get many types of spices like cardamom, cinnamon and pepper from plants.

Spices add flavor to our food.

(Note: Bark is the outer covering of tree trunk)

PLANTS ALSO GIVE US: OIL:

Different types of Oils like Sunflower oil, coconut oil, Groundnut oil, Mustard oil, vegetable oil etc. are obtained from plants.

MEDICINE:

Plants like tulsi, neem, clove, turmeric are used for making medicines.

FIBRES:

We get fibres from plants.

Clothes are made from fibres.

Jute and Cotton are two types of Fibres.

WOOD:

We get wood from plants like teak, oak and bamboo.

Wood is used to make houses, doors, windows, and furnitures.

Also wood is used to make a number of other things like boats and carts.

OTHER USES OF PLANTS: The paper we use comes from the Bamboo plant.

The pencil erasers we use are made of rubber.

We get rubber from the juice of the Rubber tree.

Rubber is also used to make tyres and pipes.

We get gum from the Acacia tree.

Gum is also used to make glue.

Plants are home to many animals.

Insects, birds and small animals live on plants.

Plants keep the air we breathe fresh and clean.

We use flowers and leaves of some plants for bouquets(A group of flowers).

Garlands are made from flowers.