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Plants in the Surroundings

Plants play an important role in our lives as KEY CONCEPTS

we depend on them for food, clothing, timber,
• Parts of a plant
medicine and other things. They also give out
• Structure of a seed
oxygen which we need for breathing. Hence, • Kinds of seeds
we can say that life would not be possible on • Germination

the earth without plants. • Care of plants

There is a large variety of plants on our planet
like trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers, creepers and aquatic plants. However, the

basic structure/parts of majority of plants remain the same. Let’s learn about the
structure and various parts of plants.

Parts of a Plant

Just like diff erent organ systems of our body,

a plant also has two diff erent systems—the bud
fl ower
root system and the shoot system.
branch
The part of the plant that grows below the shoot
fruit
ground and holds the plant in its place system

forms the root system. leaf

The parts of the plant such as the stem,
stem
branches, leaves, fl owers and fruit that grow

above the ground form the shoot system. root
roots
system
Let’s learn about the various parts of a plant,
their structure and function. Parts of a plant

Root

Diff erent plants have diff erent types of roots. They are mainly of two types—

taproot and f ibrous root.

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