Nature

By Destany Rowe

The largest individual flower on Earth is from a plant called Rafflesia arnoldii. Its flowers reach up to 1 metre (3 feet) in diameter and weigh around 10kg.

Plants on the surface of the Earth have existed for around 400 million years.

Trees help our soil remain healthy by reducing soil erosion and by creating a soil climate suitable for microorganism to grow.

Around three quarters of the increase in CO2 levels from human activity over the last 20 years is from the burning of fossil fuels. The rest is made up largely of land use changes such as deforestation.

One acre of grass can absorb and assimilate hundreds of pounds of sulfur dioxide created by automobile exhaust.

There are both male and female pine cones. Male pine cones are soft and small.Female cones are the ones we generally associate with pine cones.

Works Cited

• http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/nature.html

• https://www.lawnandlandscape.com/article/ll-041715-Natural-grass-lawns

• https://www.pineconesplus.com/blog/2014/05/pine-cone-facts/

• https://www.ncsu.edu/project/treesofstrength/treefact.htm