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Helpful Plants

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Plants are everywhere. We use them each day. They give us food to eat. They give us oxygen to breathe. Read about the benefits of plants.

People eat plants.

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Fruits and vegetables come from plants. Seeds and beans are from plants, too.

Plants give us fresh air.

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Take a deep breath. Oxygen is in the air you breathe. All living things need it. Plants make oxygen.

Clothes are made from plants.

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This is cotton. It can be turned into cloth. We get linen from flax plants. Check your tags. Do you see cotton or linen?

Plants shelter animals.

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Birds and squirrels build nests on branches. Racoons live in tree hollows. Insects hide under fallen trees.