Classification of plants- Grade 5

Plants

Plants are living things

Classifications -   is the act or the process of dividing plants in groups, according to the given features.

In grade 5 plants are groups into two categories which include

Flowering plants – these are plants that produce flowers for examples maize, pawpaw and beans.

Non – flowering plants - these are plants that do not produce flowers for examples mosses, fern and algae.

Safety precautions when handling harmful plants

Precautions – are measures taken in advance to prevent harm to the learners when carrying out different activities. They include

1. Wearing protective cloths

2. Washing hands after handling plants

3. Not eating or tasting or smelling poisonous plants

Importance of flowering plants

Flowering plants are very useful

1. They give food

2. They give shelter

3. They give medicine

4. They add beauty to the environment 

FUNGI

1. They are neither plants nor animals

2. They grow on dead and decaying plants and obtain their food from them

3. They include bread mould, yeast and mushroom

4. The black or green patches on the slice of bread are called mould.

Fungi grow on soil and water. They also grow on decaying food or rotting plants

Safety precautions when handling fungi. 

Precautions – these are measures taken in advance to prevent harm to the learners when carrying out different activities. They include;

1. Wearing protective gears

2. Washing hands after handling plants

3. No eating or tasting or smelling poisonous plants

Importance of fungi to human beings 

Fungi are useful.

1. Some fungi are used as food e.g. Mushrooms

2. Some fungi are used in the process of cooking e.g yeast. It is used in the baking industries.

3. Some fungi are used in making medicines

4. Some are use in the processing some beverages e.g in fermenting milk

Economic importance of fungi to the environment.  

1. It’s a source of food

2. Yeast used in baking

3. Pesticides used in controlling insect and pest

4. Mushrooms farming is both for food and for export