HRT-7.6.5-Insect Trapping Leaves: Nature's Ingenious Carnivores

Multiple Choice

BELLRINGER:

What is one major environmental challenge that causes leaves to develop specialized adaptations?

• Water scarcity in arid regions

• Abundance of sunlight

• High levels of pollution

• Lack of pollinators

Multiple Select

Which of the following features help pitcher plants trap and digest their prey?

• Slippery tubes filled with digestive enzymes

• Brightly colored flowers for pollination

• Waxy, downward-pointing hairs

• Leaves that photosynthesize at night

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the sequence of steps involved in how sticky flypaper traps capture and digest their prey?

• Attraction, Capture, Envelopment, Digestion

• Capture, Digestion, Attraction, Envelopment

• Envelopment, Attraction, Capture, Digestion

• Digestion, Envelopment, Capture, Attraction

Open Ended

Compare the trapping mechanisms of Venus flytraps and bladderworts. How do their methods reflect adaptations to their environments?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are ecological roles of carnivorous plants?

• Nutrient acquisition

• Ecosystem balance

• Conservation threats

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How do pitcher plants attract and digest their prey?

• By releasing a sweet scent and trapping insects in slippery tubes filled with digestive enzymes

• By using sticky leaves to capture insects

• By snapping shut when an insect touches their leaves

• By emitting light to lure insects