Plant Adaptations

Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?

• flowers with bright colors
• sharp thorns
• small seeds
• deep roots

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A nice smell is an adaptation that __________________.

• helps the plant keep water inside the leaves.
• pokes animals that try to eat the plant.
• attracts pollinators to the plant.

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What is an adaptation?

• A feature that helps a plant grow.
• A feature that helps a living thing survive.
• A feature that helps a living thing walk.
• A feature that that helps only animals survive. 

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What does it mean to survive?

• To stay alive
• To grow
• To have energy
• To be born

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What does it mean to reproduce?

• to eat things
• to make things pretty
• to produce energy
• to produce new living things

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Animals disperse seeds by _________.

• eating seeds and dropping waste later on
• hiding seeds for late and not coming back for them
• catching seeds on their fur and carrying them to different places
• all of the above

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Which is NOT a way seeds scatter

• water
• wind
• animals eat fruit and seeds are deposited
• lightning

The part of the plant that holds the plant in place and absorbs water and minerals from the soil.

• stem
• roots
• leaves

What part of the plant is #2?

• leaf
• flower
• stem
• root

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What part of the plant is #3?

• leaf
• root
• flower
• stem

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