All About Plants Printable Book （所有关于植物的可打印的书）.pdf

All About Plants © Montessori for Everyone 2014. All rights reserved. 1 What are plants? Plants are living things that are made up of cells. They need air, water, soil, and sunlight to live. They cannot move from place to place, but their leaves move to catch the sun and their roots move to- wards water. Their seeds can be carried by animals or blown by the wind. We get food from all different parts of the plant: flowers, fruits, vegeta- bles, seeds, nuts, stems, and leaves. Grass gives us a cool, soft place to walk. Some plants give us medicine, and trees are used to make paper and furniture. In this book, you will learn about how plants are classified (organized), how they live, and how they make their own food. You will discover that the world uses plants in many different ways. Over 270,000 species of plants have been identified and classified, but scientists believe that there are millions more waiting to be discovered. © Montessori for Everyone 2014. All rights reserved. 2 About the Plant Kingdom The Plant Kingdom is a way to classify (or organize) plants. They are divided into groups based on the traits they have in common. Scientists change the way plants are classified from time to time, when they discover new types of plants or learn new things about plants. The two main groups are vascular plants (plants that use stems and veins to transport food and water), and non-vascular plants (plants with no roots, stems, or leaves). Vascular plants can divided into smaller groups, one of which is seed plants. This group includes flowering and non-flowering plant