Plant Structures
I carry water and nutrients from the roots to the other parts of the plant.
What is the stem?
These types of plants have a waxy surface that helps them to prevent water loss.
What is a cactus?
Lions, crocodiles and tigers have these structures which help them crush through bones.
What are strong jaws?
Plant roots will always seek out this very important stimuli.
What is water?
Falcons, hawks and eagles all specialize in this sense.
What is sight?
I attract pollinators and make seeds.
What is the flower?
If plants don't have enough of this they will be forced to compete for light, water and nutrients.
What is space?
Fish and amphibians use these structures to help them acquire oxygen.
What are gills?
Plants will adjust to this stimuli by transpiring during hot weather or going dormant during cold weather.
What is temperature?
Bat and dolphins use this super sense to se objects and track down their prey.
What is echolocation?
I absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis to make sugar for the plant.
What are leaves?
This process turns light, nutrients and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
These structures are used for digging, climbing and snatching prey.
What are claws?
When stems go up and roots go down it is caused by this stimuli.
What is gravity?
Mosquitoes and vampire bats sense this kind of radiation when they are looking for blood.
What is infrared?
I absorb water and nutrients from the soil and anchor the plant.
What are roots?
These 3 nutrients are incredibly important for plants to survive and are found in the soil. Can you name 2 of them?
What are phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium?
Some animals have these structures which help them move around effortlessly in the water.
What are webbed feet?
This plant will roll its leaves into a ball to look less appealing to predators if it is touched.
What is the Touch-Me-Not or Mimosa plant?
Hummingbirds and bees are able to detect this form of radiation.
What is ultraviolet?
I store the seeds and often get eaten by animals.
What are fruits?
This type of seed dispersal doesn't make boom but it helps the plants get it seeds far away.
What is ballistic dispersal?
What are tails?
The scientific name that explains why plants always grow towards the light.
What is phototropism?
Salmon and sea turtles use this internal compass ability to get back to the beaches or shores they were born to lay their eggs.
What is magnetoreception?