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Classifying Plants
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Plants belong to the PLANT KINGDOM, one of the five kingdoms of living things. Plants are classified into smaller groups, according to shared characteristics. All plants share certain features. They are made up of many cells. They also produce their own food by a chemical process called photosynthesis, using water, carbon dioxide, and the energy of sunlight. As a by-product, they release life-giving oxygen into the air.

All organisms need food to live and grow. Plants make food by photosynthesis. This chemical process produces waste that the plant excretes (gets rid of). Like all living things, a plant follows a life cycle of growth, reproduction, and death. It can also detect changes in its surroundings and respond to them.

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