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BENCHMARK • J What Comes from Plants What Comes A Reading A–Z Level J Benchmark Book Word Count: 355 from Plants Written by Kathie Lester Visit www.readinga-z.com for thousands of books and materials. www.readinga-z.com

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Table of Contents We Need Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Plants Make Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Plants Make the Air We Breathe . . 7 Building Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cloth and Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Medicines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Baskets and Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 A girl and her rabbit both enjoy strawberries. Paper and Rubber . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 We Need Plants Makeup, Perfumes, and Oils . . . . . 14 Did you know that people and Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 animals could not live without plants? Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Why are plants so important? What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 3 4

leaves stems seeds fruit roots Plants store the food they make in their leaves. Fruits are full of energy from the sun. They store it in their roots Plants Make Food and stems. First, plants are special because They store it in their fruits they make their own food. and seeds. No other living thing can do this. We eat these parts of some Plants make food using water, plants to get energy. air, and sunlight. So do many other animals. What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 5 6

Plants Plants take in release carbon dioxide. oxygen. Animals Animals breathe out breathe in carbon dioxide. oxygen. This house is made from many different plant parts. Building Materials Plants give us much more than food Plants Make the Air We Breathe and oxygen. The second reason why we can’t Humans and other animals use live without plants is that they plants to make shelters. make oxygen. Many houses are made of wood, They make oxygen when they grass, reeds, or sticks. make food. Even the furniture in houses often We need oxygen to breathe. comes from plants. What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 7 8

Wood makes a good fuel for cooking. Fuel Most of the fuel we use comes Cotton (left) and linen (right) both come from plants. from plants. Many people burn wood for heat Cloth and Clothing or for cooking. People weave fibers from cotton Oil, coal, and gas can also be and others plants to make cloth burned for heat or used to run cars. and clothing. Oil, coal, and gas come from plants They use dyes from many different and animals that died long ago. plants to give the cloth color. What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 9 10

Some people use herbs to treat common illnesses. Medicines Many medicines and vitamins come from plants. A woman in India makes baskets to sell at a local market. People have used plants to treat sick or injured people for thousands Baskets and Rope of years. People weave fibers or thin strips Many of today’s medicines are of wood together to make baskets. copies of what can be naturally They also use fibers from plants to found in plants. make many kinds of rope. What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 11 12

A paper mill turns logs into paper. Latex is a white milky liquid that comes from rubber trees. Henna from the henna bush is used to decorate hands It can be used to make rubber. in many countries. Paper and Rubber Makeup, Perfumes, and Oils Most paper is made from trees. Many kinds of makeup come Other kinds of paper are made from plants. from rice and bamboo. Perfumes come from flowers. Rubber was first made from People use oils from plants to the sap of rubber trees. make shampoo and skin creams. What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 13 14

Glossary dyes (n.) substances used to change the color of something (p. 10) energy (n.) the power to do work, make a change, or move objects (p. 6) fibers (n.) thin strands of natural or synthetic material used to make fabric, paper, or other goods (p. 10) fuel (n.) any material that is burned to release heat or produce A garden can be a fun way to see what comes from plants. power (p. 9) Conclusion oxygen a gas that has no color, (n.) taste, or smell and that Plants are important to us in most animals need to live many ways. (p. 7) They give us food, oxygen, and shelters structures or other places many things we use every day. (n.) that give protection from bad weather or danger What would we do without all the (p. 8) things that come from plants? What Comes from Plants • Level J Benchmark 15 16

LEVEL J Benchmark Book Quick Check What Comes From Plants? Name Date Instructions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer. 1. What is the main idea 4. Why do people burn fuel that of the book? is made from plants? A Most paper is made A for weaving and coloring from trees. B for cleaning and building B People need plants C for cooking and heating for many things. C Many different plants 5. Read this sentence from the make fruit. book: Humans and animals use plants to make shelters. What 2. What can plants do that other is an example of a shelter? living things cannot do? A a toy A They can make their B a house own food. C a snack B They can grow larger. C They can move from place to place. 3. What is one thing plants give people? A sunshine to stay warm B water to drink C oxygen to breathe © Learning A–Z All rights reserved. www.readinga-z.com