BIOL 1002 Chapter : Chap. 21

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Through photosynthesis, plants provide food, directly or indirectly, for all the animals, fungi, and non-photosynthetic microbes on land: plants help maintain the atmosphere. Plants produce oxygen gas as a by-product of photosynthesis, continually replenishing oxygen in the atmosphere. Dead plant material is decomposed by fungi, prokaryotes, and other decomposers into organic matter. Decomposed plant tissue helps the soil hold water and nutrients, making it more fertile. Wood is an important fuel for warming and cooking in many parts of the world. Coal is another important fuel and is derived from the remains of ancient plants that have been transformed by geological processes. Many medicines and drugs were originally found in and extracted from plants; for example, aspirin, the heart medication digoxin, taxol, the malaria drug quinine, and pain-killers such as morphine and codeine. Instead, they have rhizoids, rootlike anchoring structures tissues to distribute water and other nutrients, nonvascular plants are of limited body size (most less than 2. 5 cm tall)

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