Plant Adaptations: Flowers, Fruit, Seeds

How do floating seeds help coconuts survive?

• Their seeds get from one island to another. When one island is washed away, that's not the end of them.

• Ants can have parties on the floating coconuts.

• It doesn't help them. Coconut trees are extinct.

• People can play games with the floating coconuts, such as coconut water polo and coconut bowling.

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Why do low-growing plants in the rain forest have brightly colored flowers?

• Their bright flowers help them look good on Hawaiian shirts.

• Their bright flowers keep carnivores from seeing them.

• Their bright flowers attract pollinators, such as birds and insects.

• Their bright flowers help them keep their temperature inside at a constant 98.6 degrees.

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What can brightly colored flowers tell herbivores?

• Do you like my colors? They're the latest style! I'm super yummy.

• I'm poisonous, that's why I'm so easy to see. Don't eat me, or you'll be sorry.

• The soil here is almost out of nutrients.

• You are at least 1 kilometer from the ocean.

If plants didn't adapt as their environments changed, they would

• save a lot of time.

• not survive.

• get taller every year.

• be safe forever because they were already fine.

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What is one possible reason for seeds to have hooks or barbs?

• to stay warm during the winter

• to protect themselves from sunlight

• to get attached to passing animals and get carried away

• to stick to animals and steal nutrients from them

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What is one reason that some plants have a strong scent?

• to shed extra water off the plant

• to take in nutrients from the soil

• to attract animals to spread its pollen

• to conserve water during dry periods

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Some plants rely on insects and birds to help them pollinate and reproduce. What adaptation would help a plant attract more insects?

• bright flowers

• green leaves

• sharp thorns

• tall stem

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What is one reason that some plants have a strong scent?

• to shed extra water off the plant

• to take in nutrients from the soil

• to attract animals to spread its pollen

• to conserve water during dry periods

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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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Which is NOT a way seeds scatter?

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