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Which of these plants are used by humans for food? Record your answers on a table like this before you find out. Now click on the plants to see if you were right...
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No! This is a picture of an acorn, which is the seed of the oak tree. It is used by many animals for food eg. the squirrel, but not humans.
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Yes! This is a picture of wheat growing in a field. The seeds from the wheat plant are used to make flour. This is baked to make bread!
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Yes! This is a picture of a dandelion plant. It is not normally used for human food, although sometimes its leaves are used as flavourings in drinks and as a type of coffee - especially its close relative chicory.
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No! This is a picture of an ancient plant called the horsetail. It lived millions of years ago, even before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth! You can still find it growing in fields but we can't eat it.
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Yes! This is the carrot plant. You can't see the part that we eat as it's underground. The carrot is actually part of the root.
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