Check Your Understanding

1.–2. Work with a partner to complete each item.

• 1. Make Comparisons Make a comparison chart like the one below. Then complete the comparison chart using information from the selection and what you know about plants.

  Type of Plant	Description	Examples
  trees	tall; can be taller than buildings	apple tree, orange tree

• 2. Sum It Up Use your comparison chart to tell about different kinds of plants.

Review Vocabulary

3.–7. Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

Plants are ______ to look at, but they also help to keep people ______. They give you ______ and minerals that your body needs. People get ______ by eating plants. Plants also make the gas ______ that is in the air we breathe.

Write about Plants

8. Write about your favorite food that comes from a plant.