PRINCKLY DESERT PLANTS

Plants need the right amounts of sun and water to (1) ________

• water

• survive

• leaf

• roots

• grow

Desert plants get plenty of sun but not much (2) _________.

• water

• survive

• leaf

• roots

• grow

Rain might not fall for months. And when rain does fall,it (3) _______quickly. Desert plants must use water carefully in order to live in the hot,dry desert.

• water

• survive

• leaf

• roots

• condenses

Many types of cactuses live in the desert. Most have prickly spines that are a type of

(4) _________.

• condenses

• evaporates

• leaf

• roots

• grow

Some spines are short and cover the plant. They shade the cactus from the hot sun. Some cactuses have long spines. They catch rain and direct it down the stem to the 5)___________

• condenses

• evaporates

• leaf

• roots

• grow

Cactus roots are not deep, but they stretch far away from the plant. Cactus roots (6)_______

when it rains. Then the plant can absorb more water. A cactus stores the rain inside the stem, where it cannot evaporate. Its thick skin expands to hold the water.

• condenses

• evaporates

• living

• grow

• roots

There are two queen bees in the colony at the same time

• True

• False

Only a few bees in the colony are worker bees.

• True

• False

Carrying nectar and feeding younger bees are the duties of worker bees.

• True

• False

All bees can mate with the queen bee.

• True

• False