LET’S FIND OUT PLANTS HOW PLANTS GROW CATHLEEN SMALL Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
PLANTS Vocabulary Organisms are living things such as persons plants or animals Plants are organisms that exist in most places on Earth Hundreds of thousands of different species or kinds of plant grow on Earth Some plants are so tiny that people can hardly see them Some are grasses that spread over large areas Others are trees that grow as tall as very tall buildings Some are mosses that may live on other plants Most plants have several things in common They are not able to move around Their cells Mosses are tiny plants that grow on moist ground rocks or trees 4
have stiff walls made of a tough material called cellulose They also grow Plants grow nearly everywhere on Earth Most plants grow in soil but some plants do not need soil Plants called epiphytes can grow on other plants or on objects without getting nutrients from them Plants need sunshine water and air to grow All green plants use the sun’s energy water and a gas called carbon dioxide to make their food This process is called photosynthesis Bamboo is actually a type of tall grass that can look like a tree 5
