Plants

External Features of Plants

Most plants have the same main parts: leaves, stems, flowers and fruits. However, these features do not look the same.

These are flowering plants.

rose plant

balsam plant

durian tree

rambutan tree

These are non-flowering plant.

fern

mushroom

Most plants have green leaves. However, some have yellow or red leaves. Some leaves are shiny and some are dull.

The surface of leaves are smooth or rough.

rose plant

pumpkin plant

The shape of leaves can be irregular,oval, round or long.

glitter-graphics.com
 What Have We Learnt?

1	Most plants haave similar external features such as leaves, stems and flowers. Certain external features of these parts can be similar or different.
2	Plants can be grouped according to the external features.
3	Plants which are similar in a certain external feature can be put in the same group.
4	Plants can also be grouped according to their similarities in other external features such as thorns and leaves.

Summative Questions

1.    Tick (√) the external features of each plant.

Name of Plants	Features
	flowering	non-flowering	woody setem	soft stem	green leaf
papaya
balsam
cactus
chilli
tomato
coconut
bougainvillae
fern

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

2	The rose plant and hibiscus plant can be placed in the same group because both of them are                       .
3	Identify these two plants.
	a. Name one similarity.
	b. Name one difference.

staghorn fern

orchid

Vocabulary
English	Bahasa Melayu
dull	warna kusam/pudar
different way	berlainan cara
flowering	berbunga
irregular	tidak sama bentuk
leaf	daun
long	panjang
maize	jagung
non-flowering	tidak berbunga
oval	bujur
rough	kasar
round	bulat
shape	bentuk
shiny	berkilat
smooth	licin
soft stem	batang lembut
surface	permukaan
thorn	duri
woody stem	batang berkayu