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MUITOS TIPOS DE FOLHAS

MUITOS TIPOS DE PLANTAS

Saia e olhe ao seu redor. Que tipos de plantas você vê?

Árvores, grama e arbustos: todos são plantas.

Há muitos tipos diferentes de plantas.

As plantas podem ser grandes ou pequenas.

As suas folhas podem ser largas ou finas.

A maioria das plantas produz o seu próprio alimento.

Elas produzem alimento a partir de ar, água e luz solar.

As coisas do solo também as ajudam a produzir alimento.

O verde de suas folhas também ajuda!

As plantas crescem na maioria dos lugares ao redor do mundo.

As plantas têm forma e tamanho adequados para os locais onde crescem.

As folhas de tipos diferentes ajudam as plantas a viver nestes lugares.

LUGARES DIFERENTES, FOLHAS DIFERENTES

Algumas plantas crescem em florestas tropicais.

Muitas destas plantas têm folhas grandes e largas.

As folhas são grandes para absorver bastante luz solar.

Nas florestas tropicais chove muito.

Algumas plantas têm folhas pontudas.

A chuva escoa pelas pontas bem rápido.

Assim as plantas não se molham demais.

Algumas plantas crescem em desertos.

Os desertos são lugares muito secos e sem muita chuva.

Onde estão as folhas desta planta?

Os espinhos pontudos são as folhas desta planta!

Os espinhos ajudam as plantas do deserto a armazenar água.

Muitas outras plantas nos desertos têm folhas grossas.

As folhas grossas também ajudam as plantas do deserto a armazenar água.

Algumas plantas crescem em florestas frias.

Muitas árvores nas florestas frias têm folhas finas.

As folhas são chamadas de agulhas.

As agulhas ajudam estas árvores a se manterem aquecidas no inverno.

As agulhas também ajudam de outras formas.

A neve cai rapidamente das agulhas.

Assim, os galhos não ficam pesados e quebram.

FOLHAS ESTRANHAS

Algumas plantas crescem em solo pobre.

Elas não conseguem produzir alimento suficiente.

Este solo não lhes dá tudo o que precisam.

As folhas de algumas plantas têm armadilhas.

Estas plantas usam as suas armadilhas para pegar pequenos animais.

Elas pegam insetos para se alimentar.

Elas podem até pegar rãs pequenas!

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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 he [...]

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