Why plants are important

Plants are the backbone of all life on

Earth and an essential resource for
human well-being. Just think about
how your everyday life depends on
plants.
Food: Everything we eat
comes
directly or
indirectly
Air: Oxygen is brought
from plants.
to you by
Throughout
plants, as
human
a
history,
byproduct
approximatel
of
y 7,000
photosynt
different
hesis.
plant species
have been
used as food
by people.

Habitat: Of course,
aside from
humans'
Water: Plants regulate the
myriad
water cycle:
uses,
they help
plants
distribute and
make up
purify the
the
planet's
backbone
water. They
of all
also help
habitats.
move water
Other
from the soil
species of
to the
fish and
atmosphere
wildlife
through a
also
process called
depend on
transpiration.
plants for
food and
shelter.
Medicine: One-quarter of
all
prescription
drugs come
directly from
Climate: Plants store
or are
carbon,
derivatives of
and have
plants.
helped
Additionally,
keep much
four out of
of the
five people
carbon
around the
dioxide
world today
produced
rely on plants
from the
for primary
burning of
health care.
fossil fuels
Read more
out of the
about why
atmospher
plant
e.
extinction
threatens the
discovery of
new medicine
here.