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AINA MINGI ZA MAJANI

AINA MINGI ZA MIMEA

Enda nje na uangalie pande zote. Ni aina gani za mimea wewe hutumia?

Miti, nyasi, na vichaka zote ni mimea.

Kuna aina tofauti za mimea.

Mimea inaweza kuwa mingi ama chache.

Majani zao zaweza kuwa pana ama konde.

Mimea mingi hutengeneza chakula zao.

Hutengeneza chakula kutoka kwa hewa, maji na mwangaza wa jua.

Vitu dani ya mchanga husaidia kutengeneza chakula.

Rangi ya kijani iliyo kwa majani husaidia.

Mimea humea mahali mingi duniani kote.

Mimea iko na sura sawa na ukubwa sawa katika mahali zinazomea.

Aina mingi ya majani husaidia mimea kumea mahali tofauti.

MAHALI TOFAUTI, MAJANI TOFAUTI

Mimea zingine humea kwa misitu iliyo na joto.

Aina hii ya mimea huwa na majani kubwa na pana.

Majani ni kubwa kuwezesha kupata mwangaza wa jua.

Misitu iliyo na joto hupata mvua mingi.

Baadhi ya mimea huwa na majani iliyo na ncha kali.

Mvua hukimbia haraka kutoka kwa ncha.

Tena mimea haiwezi kuwa majimaji sana.

Mimea zingine humea jangwani iliyo na joto mingi.

Jangwani ni mahali pakavu pasipokuwa na mvua.

Ziko wapi matawi za huu mmea?

Hizo vitu kali ndio matawi ya mmea huu.

Matawi zake kali husaidia kuhifadhi maji.

Aina mingi za mimea jangwani huwa na matawi nene

Matawi manene husaidia mimea kuhifadhi maji pia.

Mimea zingine humea misitu iliyo na baridi.

Miti mingi kwa misitu iliyo na baridi huwa na majani nyembamba.

Hiyo majani huitwa shinando.

Sindano husaidia hizi miti kukaa na joto wakati wa baridi

Sindano husaidia kwa njia nyingine pia.

Theruji huangaka haraka kwa sindano

Basi matawi haiwezi kuwa nzito na kuvunjika.

MATAWI YA AJABU

Mimea ingine humea kwa mchanga baya.

Haziwezi tengeneza chakula mingi.

Mchanga haiipei kila kitu inayo hitaji.

Majani ya miti zingine ni mitego.

Hizi miti hutumia mitego kushika wanyama wandogo.

Hushika wadudu wa kukula

Pia hushika vyura vidogo.

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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 sma [...]