WHY ARE PLANTS IMPORTANT?

PLANTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PROVIDE

• Air: Oxygen is brought to you by plants, as a byproduct of photosynthesis.
• Food:Everything we eat comes directly or indirectly
• Climate: Plants store carbon, and have helped keep much of the carbon dioxide produced from the burning of fossil fuels
• Medicine: One-quarter of all prescription drugs come directly from or are derivatives of plants.

Plants are essential to the balance of nature and in people's lives. Green plants, i.e., those possessing chlorophyll, manufacture their own food and give off oxygen in the process called photosynthesis, in which water and carbon dioxide are combined by the energy of light.

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