Don't Touch Me!

This story is:

• a fairy tale

• a biography

• an informational text

• nonfiction

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Since plants can't run away from animals, some of them:

• walk away

• shrivel and die

• fight back

• stop growing

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Defenses of some plants include all of these except:

• biting

• scratching

• making people sick

• making people itch

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What do roses have for a defense?

• poisonous oil

• poisonous petals

• large teeth

• sharp prickles

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What are trichomes?

• long arms

• small, sharp teeth

• large thorns with poisonous chemicals

• sharp hairs with chemicals that sting

What does poison ivy leaves have that will make you itchy?

• oils

• thorns

• poison

• bugs

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How does the sensitive or touch-me-not plant defend itself?

• it has bugs

• it makes you itch

• it folds up its leaves

• it stabs you

In what part of the Acacia tree do ants live?

• on the underside of its leaves

• inside its hollow branches

• inside its hollow trunk

• inside hollow thorns

How can you remember what poison ivy looks like?

• leaves of three let it be

• berries are not for sharing

Which of the plant defenses do you like the least?

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