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Biocontrol FAQs for Kids *Plants Are Important* Plants are more important to life on our earth than we areAlmost all of the biomass (living stuff) on the earth is made up of living plantsIf all the green plants on the earth died almost all life would also die, and only a few bacteria would remainIf all the humans left the earth in a spaceship, life on earth would go on (maybe even better without us!)Pie chart with small blue wedge out of large green circleThere are more plants on earth (the green color) than us and everything else (the blue color) Wow!Plants are beautiful to look atThere are over 380,000 plants we know and many more to be discoveredPlants cover the earth except for the very coldest and hottest areasPlants range in size from very small (you need a microscope to see them) to very large like the giant Redwood trees in CaliforniaPicture of pansiesPlants are beautifulPlants make foodPlants provide a large amount of the food we eatPlants provide food for the animalsPicture of fruit and vegetablesPlants make oxygen for us to breatheWhen plants trap the sun's energy and make food, they release oxygen that escapes into the air. Click here to see how? Our air is 21% oxygen and oxygen is needed by all living thingsPicture of sun and clouds in blue skyPlants replace the oxygen we breathePlants provide us with medicinesMedicines that keep our heart pumping and make our stomachs feel better come from plantsAntibiotics we take for ear infections and other illnesses come from plantsPicture of sick childPlants give us medicines Animated image of laboratory beakerRETURN TO TOPCartoon owl reading bookRETURN TO BIOCONTROL FAQS 4 KIDS


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