Plants
Plants are a type of living thing that are all under the same kingdom of Linnaeus' classification because they share certain characteristics. They are mostly multicellular organisms, commonly made of cellulose and are commonly able to create their own food through photosynthesis. Some plants have other means of acquiring food. For example, carnivorous plants eat insects.
The world has many uses for plants. First, they provide oxygen, the gas vital to living things like humans and animals. In turn, they take in carbon dioxide, the gas expelled by animals. Through this oxygen‐carbon dioxide cycle, plants help regulate the temperature of the earth, and they actually contribute to the overall climate. Plants are vital living things to the earth because they help make it a world or planet that can support several forms of life.
A concrete way that plants support life is that they provide food for many animals including humans. Herbivores, or animals that have a strictly plant diet are reliant on plants for their survival. This makes plants an integral part of the circle of life and the food chain. Apart from that, plants have medicinal properties, being able to cure certain pains and illnesses. Many of our modern medicines are derived from plants.
As the world progresses, we find more uses for plants. We have used them to provide shelter for our families and to clothe and protect ourselves from the forces of nature. We also use them to keep ourselves warm when we use firewood or to cook our food.
In recent years, plants have been able to provide fuel to run our cars and soon they will be able to run some machines. Being able to harness clean energy sources from plants gives the world hope for a future that is not reliant on coal or fossil fuels, which destroy the environment that plants have worked for centuries to build. What is most amazing about plants is that while it can do so many big things, they have very humble beginnings as tiny seeds.
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