Plants are living things. They are fixed to one spot in the ground. They make food for themselves using sunlight, water, certain minerals, and carbon dioxide. They are one of five big groups (kingdoms) of living things.

Plants grow upward, because the heat from the sunlight pulls the water and food from the ground through the roots, and toward tiny, invisible holes at the other end of the plant, usually on the leaves. This is called transpiration. It is sort of like the Sun is sucking through a straw.

Types of plants

Non-flowering plants

• Algae
• Mosses
• Ferns
• Gymnosperms

Flowering plants

• Angiosperms
  • Dicotyledons (dicot)
  • Monocotyledons (monocot)

External links

• Seed Germination Articles

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