The document discusses different types of plants and their habitats. It describes how plants adapt to their environments and the conditions necessary for plant growth, such as soil type, water availability, temperature, and sunlight. It categorizes plants based on their habitats, including terrestrial plants that grow on land in places like plains, hills, hot and damp areas, deserts, and marshes, as well as aquatic plants that grow in water as floating, fixed, or underwater varieties. Examples are given for common plant types in each habitat. The document also outlines how various plants are useful to humans by providing materials like wood, paper, food oils, rubber, and medicines.
2. What is habitat ? The place where a plant lives is called its habitat .
3. What is adaptation? Plants live is different surroundings. They have to adjust according to the conditions of the environment. This process of adjustment is called adaptation .
4. Conditions necessary for the the growth of plants Type of soil Amount of water available Temperature of the place Amount of rain Availability of light & wind
5. Terrestrial plants – Grow on land Aquatic plants – Grow in water Classifications of plants depending on their habitat
6. Terrestrial plants Plants of plains Plants of hilly areas Plants of hot & damp places Plants of deserts Plants of marshy areas