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PLANT SCIENCE. INTRODUCTION: HOW ARE PLANTS IMPORTANT?. Why plants are important for the world?. Plants have very important functions in the world!. They are the main elements of food chain. Medicine: They are used to make medicines.
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PLANT SCIENCE INTRODUCTION: HOW ARE PLANTS IMPORTANT?
Why plants are important for the world? • Plants have very important functions in the world! • They are the main elements of food chain.
Medicine:They are used to make medicines. Food:Everything we eat comes directly or indirectly from plants. Air:Plants turn carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen Habitat:They provide habitats for other organisms Climate:Plants store carbon, and have helped keep much of the carbon dioxide produced from the burning of fossil fuels out of the atmosphere.
They provide habitat They prevent the erosion of soil
Usage area of plants • Building materials • Clothing • Dyes, paints, inks, pencil and paper • Alcohol, oil, candles • Shampoos, cosmetic, soap, disinfecting • Medinice • Woodwork and other crafts
Have you ever seen these plants? Nepenthes Rafflesia arnoldii Strangler fig
Have you ever seen these plants? Tree Tumbo Wolffia Angusta Hydnora Africana
Have you ever seen these plants? Lithops Julii Victoria Amazonica
Imagine A Day Without Plants http://montillan.ism-online.org/2011/10/20/without-plants/