People+and+Plants


 * Plants for Food and Fibre Inquiry **
 * Name:________________ **
 * Here are some questions we should consider as we prepare for our plants unit. We will be building our knowledge and vocabulary of plants so that we can begin our plant experiments. **
 * 1) **** What are ways that humans use plants? **
 * 2) **** How are plants important to ecosystems? **
 * 3) **** Many plants look very different by the time we eat them. Identify the plant of each food product and briefly explain how it is made. **


 * a) **** Chocolate (yum!) **
 * b) **** Cooking Oil **
 * c) **** Sugar **
 * d) **** Margarine **


 * 4) **** Plants also provide fibres that humans use. How do humans use the fibres of the following plants: **
 * a) **** Cotton **
 * b) **** Hemp **
 * c) **** Flax **


 * 5) **** What advantages does hemp have over other fibre plants such as wood and cotton? **


 * 6) **** What kind of plants can be used to make the following items: **


 * a) **** Denim **
 * b) **** Diapers **
 * c) **** Paper **
 * d) **** rubber **


 * 7) **** Silk is the most expensive fibre in the world but it is not produced directly from plants. How is silk produced? **


 * 8) **** What are some kinds of plants that can be used for medicine? (name the plant and what it does to help us feel better) **


 * 9) **** What role do plants have in our methods of transportation? **


 * 10) **** How do we use plants in construction? **
 * 11) **** How do plants provide humans with fuel? **
 * 12) **** If all of the plants on Earth died, what are some of the effects we would face? **
 * 13) **** Which effects would be the most immediate and serious? **