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BAIE TIPES BLARE

BAIE TIPES PLANTE

Gaan buitekant toe en kyk om jou. Watter tipe plante sien jy?

Bome, gras, en bosse is almal tipes plante.

Daar is baie verskillende tipe plante.

Plante kan groot of klein wees.

Hulle blare kan wyd of dun wees.

Meeste plante maak hulle eie kos.

Hulle maak kos van, water, en sonlig.

Goed in die grond help hulle om kos te maak.

Die groen in hulle blare help ook!

Plante groei in meeste plekke om die wêreld.

Plante is die regte vorm en groote vir die plekke waar hulle groei.

Verskillende tipes blare help plante lewe in die plekke.

VERSKILLENDE PLEKKE, VERSKILLENDE BLARE

Party plante groei in warm woude.

Baie van die plante het groot, wye blare.

Die blare is groot om baie sonlig op te neem.

Warm woude kry baie reën.

Party plante het blare wat skerp punte het.

Reën hardloop baie vinnig van die punte af.

Dan word die plant nie te nat nie.

Party plante groei in warm woestyne.

Woestyne is baie warm plekke sonder veel reën.

Waar is die blare op die plant?

Die skerp dorings is die plante se blare!

Dorings help woestyne plante water spaar.

Baie ander plante in warm woestyne het dik blare.

Dik blare help woestyn plante water spaar.

Baie plante groei in koue woude.

Baie plante in koue woude het dun blare.

Die blare word naalde genoem.

Naalde help die bome om warm te bly in die winter.

Die naalde help in ander manier ook.

Sneeu val van die naalde af.

Dan word die takke nie te swaar en breek nie.

VREEMDE BLARE

Party plante groei in arm grond.

Hulle kan nie genoeg kos maak nie.

Die grond gee hulle nie alles wat hulle nodig het nie.

Die blare van party blare is lokvalle.

Die plante gebruik hulle lokvalle om klein diere te vang.

Hulle vang insekte om te eet.

Hulle kan tot klein paddas vang!

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MANY KINDS OF LEAVES

MANY KINDS OF PLANTS

Go outside and look around. What kinds of plants do you see?

Trees, grass, and bushes are all plants.

There are many different kinds of plants.

Plants can be big or small.

Their leaves can be wide or thin.

Most plants make their own food.

They make food from air, water, and sunlight.

Things in the soil also help them make food.

The green in their leaves helps, too!

Plants grow in most places around the world.

Plants are the right shape and size for the places where they grow.

Different kinds of leaves help plants live in these places.

DIFFERENT PLACES, DIFFERENT LEAVES

Some plants grow in hot forests.

Many of these plants have big, wide leaves.

The leaves are big to take in lots of sunlight.

Hot forests get a lot of rain.

Some plants have leaves with pointed tips.

Rain runs off the tips very fast.

Then the plants do not get too wet.

Some plants grow in hot deserts.

Deserts are very dry places without much rain.

Where are the leaves on this plant?

The sharp spines are the plant’s leaves!

Spines help desert plants save water.

Many other plants in hot deserts have thick leaves.

Thick leaves help desert plants save water, too.

Some plants grow in cold forests.

Many trees in cold forests have thin leaves.

The leaves are called needles.

Needles help these trees stay warm in winter.

The needles help in another way, too.

Snow falls off the needles fast.

Then the branches do not get heavy and break.

STRANGE LEAVES

Some plants grow in poor soil.

They cannot make enough food.

The soil does not give them everything they need.

The leaves of some plants are traps.

These plants use their traps to catch small animals.

They catch insects to eat.

They may even catch small frogs!

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