Flower Context Clues

Flower Context Clues

Here are some interesting facts about flowers!

Some flowers are aromatic, and some do not smell at all

Aromatic means it has a smell!

Multiple Choice

What does the word aromatic mean?

• smelly

• dangerous

• not smelly

The scent of the rose comes from microscopic perfume gland on the petals.

Microscopic means it is really small!

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What does the word microscopic mean?

• shy

• tiny

• giant

Roses can come in a variety of colors with each signifying a different meaning.

Roses can be used to show different messages.

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What does the word signifying mean?

• showing

• leaving

• growing

Some plants are carnivores, obtaining nutrients by eating small insects and

spiders.

They eat the bugs to get the nutrients!

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What does the word obtaining mean?

• losing

• getting

• following

A sunflower head is made of many minute flowers

called florets.

The florets are so small!

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What does the word minute mean?

• ready

• small

• nasty

The sunflower is native to North America where American Indians discovered many uses

for them.

Sunflowers are local here in the United States.

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What does the word native mean?

• from here

• another country

• brought in

Tulips thrive best in climates with cool springs and dry summers.

They do really well in places like Holland.

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What does the word thrive mean?

• lose

• grow

• hide

Tulip petals are edible. When food was meager during World War 2, many Dutch people ate them.

Food was hard to find during that time.

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What does the word meager mean?

• much

• a lot of

• not enough

Flowers have been used for centuries for curative and medicinal purposes.

Flowers were used as medicine!

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What does the word curative mean?

• stressful

• not interesting

• get better

The green florets on broccoli stalks are immature flowers. If they continued to grow, they would sprout yellow flowers.

They are like baby plants! They are not developed yet.

Multiple Choice

What does the word immature mean?

• ready to eat

• well-known

• not ready