What can plants be used for besides food?
Plant Uses Many of them are edible and they can also be used as lubricants, fuel, for lighting, in paints and varnishes, as a wood preservative, waterproofing etc. The articles below highlight some of these uses. Search the database for plants with the following other uses.
What are 5 ways plants are useful?
Thank You, Plants!
- Plants give us oxygen. Oxygen is in the air we breathe. All living things need it.
- Plants give us food. Many plants are good to eat. Vegetables are plants. Fruits, nuts, beans, and seeds come from plants.
- Plants give us shade. Trees are the largest plants. In the summer, trees are full of leaves.
How plants are used as food?
Their roots take up water and minerals from the ground and their leaves absorb a gas called carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air. They convert these ingredients into food by using energy from sunlight. This process is called photosynthesis, which means ‘making out of light’. The foods are called glucose and starch.
What are some ways humans use plants?
Human uses of plants include both practical uses, such as for food, clothing, and medicine, and symbolic uses, such as in art, mythology and literature. The reliable provision of food through agriculture is the basis of civilization.
Which plants give oxygen 24 hours?
These 10 plants surely give a large amount of O2 in the day and reduce CO2 at night to increase the ratio of oxygen level.
- Aloe Vera. Whenever a list of plants with benefits is made, Aloe Vera tops the charts always.
- Peepal.
- Snake plant.
- Areca Palm.
- Neem.
- Orchids.
- Gerbera (orange)
- Christmas Cactus.
What do we use plants for?
We need plants for basic human purposes. We eat them in many forms; we make medicines, soaps, furniture, textiles, tyres and much more from them. Plants play a very important role in our lives. Although we now live in a highly industrialised society, we have not lost this dependence on plants.