What Is a Plant?: Science of Living Things (Paperback)

Plants provide people and animals with food, shelter, and even oxygen. Plants help us live and grow, but how does a plant grow? Where do plants grow? What is a Plant? introduces young readers to a variety of plant types, including ferns, carnivorous plants, mosses, and trees. This fact filled book explains:
-- photosynthesis
-- different methods of reproduction
-- how seeds germinate and grow
-- which types of plants grow in different climates
-- how plants defend themselves