Why does a Venus's-flytrap trap insects inside its leaves?
to get nutrients
100
This is the gas breathed out by animals.
carbon dioxide
200
Process that plants make their own food.
photosynthesis
200
Plants that grow near rivers and streams are adapted to live where it is very __________.
wet
200
A process that leaves give off water.
transpiration
200
Praire Smoke grows on the prairie where there is very little rain. Praire Smoke has adapted to its environment by growing fuzz that helps keep _________________ in the plant.
water
200
Tell how the spines on an octopus tree help the plant's leaves keep the water they need.
The spines protect the leaves from animals that try to eat them.
300
What are nutrients?
Materials that living things need to live and grow.
300
Why is a flower important?
It makes new seeds that might grow into new plants.
300
What plant part makes new food for the plant?
Leaves
300
Name three ways that seeds travel.
air, water, and the fur or feathers of animals
300
Which plant part protects the seeds?
fruit
400
Where are the seeds of pine trees found?
in the cones
400
A leaf has ___ when it is a mirror image of the other.
symmetry
400
Which plant found on the prairie, has stems and leaves that stand up straight?
Goldenrod
400
What will happen if a plant does not get the nutrients it needs?
it will die or not grow as well.
400
Name the four main parts of a plant.
root, stem, leaf, flower
500
True or False: All plants have flowers.
False
500
What part of a plant grows down in the soil, holds the plant in place, and takes water and nutrients from the soil to the stem?
roots
500
How are plants grouped?
Flowering and not flowering
500
Suppose you are walking in a forest. You see a carpet of tiny plants growing on a large, wet rock. What could it be?