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05. Plants In The Surroundings

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Chapter: 05. Plants In The Surroundings

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All animals, including human beings, depend on plants for food, fibres, wood, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and many other necessities of life.

medicines

Plants have two main parts: the root and the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

shoot

The root is a part of the plant that grows _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the soil.

under

Roots of some plants like carrot, turnip, and radish store _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

food

Roots also save the soil by binding it and preventing soil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

erosion

The shoot is the visible part of the plant that lies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the ground.

above

Trees like mango and banyan have thick and strong stems called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

trunk

Plants that creep along the ground and have weak stems are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

creepers

The stem carries water and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the roots to various parts of the plant.

nutrients

Leaves prepare food for the plant using water, air, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

sunlight

Each leaf has a flat, broad part called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or leaf blade.

lamina

Leaves have tiny pores called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, which help the plant to breathe.

stomata

The process by which plants make food is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

photosynthesis

Leaves give out a gas called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ while making food.

oxygen

Leaves also give out extra _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ present in plants, which helps in the upward movement of water from the roots.

water

In some plants like cactus, leaves change into _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to conserve water and protect from animals.

spines

Most _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ change into fruits.

flowers

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like cauliflower and broccoli are eaten as vegetables.

Flowers

The main function of the fruit is to protect the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

seed

We eat seeds of plants like gram, wheat, corn, bean, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

rice

Some seeds are used as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to give flavour to food, such as cumin and mustard.

spices

Seeds with two cotyledons are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or dicot seeds.

dicotyledonous

The baby plant inside the seed is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

embryo

The part of the seed that grows upwards and gives rise to the shoot system is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

plumule

The part of the seed that grows downwards and gives rise to the root system is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

radicle

Newly germinated seeds are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

sprouts

Not all seeds sown in soil grow into new plants because there is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for space, food, and water.

competition

There should be enough _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ between any two growing plants to prevent competition for food and other requirements.

space

The amount of water required by different plants _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

varies

We should add compost, manure, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to our plants every few months to provide more nutrients.

fertilisers

To clean dust off them, you should _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or spray water on your plants.

rinse

We should _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ out unwanted plants from our garden on a regular basis.

weed

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