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Plants are my favorite
organisms!!
By Katherine Barnett Rivas
Distinguishing Features of Plants
 Plants
perform photosynthesis, which
means they make their own food from
sunlight. 6CO2 + 6H2O = C6H1206 + O2
 Plants have cell walls, which give them
extra support.
 Plants are found all over the world in all
biomes.
 Plants belong to the Kingdom Plantae.
Varieties of Plants
There are many varieties of
plants from large trees to
tiny plankton. Here are
some of my favorites:
Why are they so special?

Plants are my favorite organisms because
they can make their own food. In addition,
they provide food for all the other organisms
on Earth, AND in that process they produce
oxygen as their waste product! We could not
survive without plants.
Why I would like to be one
I
would like to be a plant because then I
would be totally independent. I would not
have to eat anything else and I would be
contributing oxygen and energy to the
environment and to all other organisms. If
I could choose, I would be a giant
evergreen tree because they are beautiful
and peaceful.
Why should the class join me?
 Everyone
should be plants because then
we could make the world a cleaner, better
place. There is a plant to suit all of our
needs: delicate flowers, spiky cacti, strong
trees and flexible grasses. Some could
live in the ocean and others on land. We
would have a blast!
Other cool things about plants:
 They
give us
medicine
 They give us
building materials
References

The World of Plants: Plants and People. United
Learning
(2000). Retrieved June 6, 2008, from
unitedstreaming:
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
 Katherine Barnett Rivas, Personal
Communication, JFK Middle School, September
9, 2008.
 Life: The Science of Biology. McDougall Littell
Science: New York. 2006.