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Plants live almost everywhere on Earth, from high mountaintops to the cold oceans, from dry deserts to city sidewalks. Almost every form of life depends on plants to survive. Even top predators hunt prey that eats plants. Plants also make oxygen, which we all need to breathe.

There are millions of di¢erent kinds plants all doing their part in the web of life. Whether in huge farms, vast prairies, or large forests, you can see evidence of plants– even from space!

7 A Joshua tree grows in the Mojave Desert in California, which receive less than 5 inches (13 cm) of rain a year.

8 This flower, called Sturt’s desert pea, blooms in the Australian desert a er the winter rain.

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