How Plants Help Us
Plant Products
Virginia Plants
100
Plants give us this to help us breathe.
What is oxygen?
100

This comes from a plant and is used to make clothing.

What is cotton?

100
This Virginia plant is red on the outside and crunchy on the inside.
What is an apple?
200
Plants give us this for making shelters.
What is wood?
200
These colorful powders come from plants and are sprinkled in foods to make them taste better.
What are spices?
200
This Virginia plant is white, fluffy, and very useful, but you can't eat it.
What is cotton?
300

Plants prevent this from happening to the soil.

What is erosion?

300

This comes from a tree, and tires and glue are made from it.

What is rubber?

300
This Virginia plant has a hard outer shell and some people are allergic to it.
What are peanuts?
400

Plants prevent erosion and _________________.

What is flooding?

400

This plant can be harvested into juice, jam, jelly, and raisins. 

What are grapes?

400
Many vegetarians like this plant because it can be a meat substitute.
What are soybeans?
500

Plants and vegetation planted along roadways to protect us from bad storms are ________________.

What are windbreaks?

500

Plants give us this to help us feel better.

What is medicine?

500
This plant used to be so popular with Virginia farmers that it was called "green gold."
What is tobacco?
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