Types Of Plants And Their Uses | Types Of Plants For Kids | Types Of Plants For Grade 2
Channel: Lovly Yashvi
Date: 28/11/2020

No One has told these amazing 18 facts about plants. Do you know ?
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1. We human beings use more than 2000 different types of plants to create various delicious food items in our meals.
2. Caffeine works as a pesticide in a coffee plant.
3. Apple’s volume consists of 25% air which is why it floats on water.
4. More than 85% of plant life is found in the ocean. 
5. Gingko Biloba which dates to about 250 million years ago is the oldest living tree species in the world.
6. Banana is actually an Arabic word for fingers.
7. Cabbage has 91% water content.
8. Plant matter which settles down at the base of water bodies like swamps etc. can turn into coal through a process is known as metamorphosis.
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Tree resin often contains plant material or tiny insects that are trapped within.
10. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they become 50 years old.
11. The African tree, Baobab can store 1000 to 120,000 litres of water in its tree trunk.
12. Elephant grass found in Africa is named so because it can grow up to 4.5 metres, which is high enough to hide an elephant in it.
13. The first potatoes were cultivated in Peru about 7000 years ago.
14. Rafflesia grows over three feet in diameter and is the largest flower in the world.
15. More than 20% of the world’s oxygen supply is produced by the Amazon Rainforest.
16. Baseball bats are created from the Hickory tree while cricket bats from Willow trees.
17. Onions contain sulphuric acid which causes tears when we cut them. The tears produced is how the body washes it away from the eyes.
18. Strawberry is the only fruit that has seeds on the outside. It has about an average of 200 seeds.

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