Plant Uses
This material from plants is used for tires and erasers.
What is rubber?
Used to feed animals
What is hay?
This plant is used to make salads, in tacos and can be put on burgers.
What is lettuce?
This flower is given at Valentine's Day and can be red or pink or yellow.
What are roses?
This product is used in the construction industry and for making furniture.
What is lumber?
A fruit grown in Virginia that is used to make pies, jelly, juice and vinegar.
What are apples?
This plant grows on a vine and produces a sweet, juicy red fruit.
What is watermelon?
Without plants producing this, living things would not be able to survive.
What is oxygen?
This plant product, grown in Virginia is made from grasses and dried plants and is used to feed animals.
What is hay?
This plant product is used for a winter holiday celebration.
What are Christmas trees?
This plant can be used to make sauces for pasta or pizzas.
This prickly plant is common in desert areas and can survive with very little water.
What is a cactus?
This plant is used to treat sunburn and in lotions.
What is aloe?
This plant is used to make oil, butter, glue, soaps and lotions.
Hint: it is grown in the Coastal Plain region
What are peanuts?
This root of the plant is a favorite of rabbits!
What are carrots?
This plant is home for many animals, including squirrels, birds and insects.
What are trees?
This plant is used to make jeans and other clothing as well as sheets and towels.
What is cotton?
This plant is now being used for pesticides to kill harmful insects, ethanol fuel and medicines.
What is tobacco?
This plant has lots of varieties, including green, red and yellow, as well as jalapeno, serrano and ghost.
What are peppers?
Plant roots hold the soil in place. The roots of trees help to soak up the water, which keeps the water level low.
How do plants prevent erosions and flooding?