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= = Have you ever looked at the towering walls of a castle or the watchtowers on top and the big throne room in the middle well when you really think about it it is just like a plant cell. plants have cell walls like a castle wall and the nucleus is like a the throne room where everything is controlled. But what are plants really doing to help us and can they function like other living things like animals can make us sick or do other things that other living things do to affect us. = =

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= = What are plants doing to help our environment? What are their functions? Plant cells have many amazing functions one is their ability to make their own food, this is called **photosynthesis**. Photosynthesis uses the sun's energy the sun turns co2 and water into oxygen and sugars for them to eat. the cells **chloroplasts** are used to absorb sunlight in cells. roots absorb water from the soil. the **stomata** is the bottom side of the leaf where there are tiny holes where air goes in. This is so amazing because if plants could not make their own food than they would die because plants have no other way to get food with the exception of venus fly traps of course. However the really great thing about plants is that they release air onto the earth just like trees so that we can breathe. Without plants we would have so much less air and breathing would be much harder it would always be like breathing halfway up mount everest.(This is a picture of photosynthesis the roots absorb water while the stomata absorbs carbon dioxide then the sun's energy turns it into glucose and oxygen is released) = =

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= = = structure of a plant cell =

= = What is the cell structure. There are many parts to a plant cell and they all play a key role in the plant being alive and creating food for itself and air for all the other plants trees and animals. Most plant cells have more parts to it than animal cells because they need more parts to stay alive. A plant needs all of its cell parts to work right. One part of the cell that is very important is the cell wall which connects the cells to make the plant look the way you see it. One important part of a plant cell is the **vacuole** they use that to store food water and other waste. Without the vacuole life would be hard because they would need to be constantly creating food and water even at night. = =

= = = Can Plants Make Humans Sick =

= = No plant cells can not make humans sick in most cases. However some sick plants when eaten have a bad taste so eating them isn't the best thing but it will not cause you to be sick. Another reason why plants can make us sick is because the things that make us sick are different than the things that make plants sick. In some cases fungi living on decaying plants cannot make humans sick but that is a little bit different than just plainly catching something from a plant. The picture below proves that plants in many cases cannot make humans sick because this is a sick plant that cannot make us humans sick so it is perfectly fine being around sick plants because they cannot make us sick. = = (This is an apple that has sooty blotch and flyspeck but it is safe to eat) = = = =

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= = Plant cells are amazing in so many ways like being able to produce air the way they do and the way they come together as a cell. Plants may get sick themselves but they don't make us sick which makes them even better. This proves to everyone for sure that plant cells are vitally important to humans in animals for us to be able to help us live. Without plants we would not be able to always be out and playing football and soccer and other sports because we would not have as much air and breathing would be so much harder. = =

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