Structural Adaptations of a Plant

Why does these seeds have the adaption of hooks of barbs?

• to stay warm in the winter

• to protect themselves

• to get attached to passing animals and get carried away

• to stick to animals and steal nutrients from them

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Have different sizes, shapes, smells, or colors. Attract organisms for pollination

• Stems

• Roots

• Flowers

• Fruit

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Moves and stores water and nutrients, provides support for the plant

• Fruit

• Stems

• Flower

• Leaves

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Absorbs water and nutrients from habitat, holds the plant in place

• Stems

• Seeds

• Flowers

• Roots

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Plants in the rainforest have ​ (a)   (b)   because in the rainforest, plants will not dry out due to large amounts of rain.

• thinner

• cuticles

• mesophyll

• thicker

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How do the zig-zag edges on a tea plant leaf help it survive?

• protect from predators

• rainwater runs off

• makes leaf taste bad

• it just looks cool

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The diagram shows how water moves from a tree’s roots to the leaves.

Which of the following internal structures of a tree is responsible for transporting water (H₂O) to the leaves? 

• bark

• roots

• xylem

• phloem

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Match the following plant adaptation with example

• Flower color

• Physiological

• Blooming at night

• Behavioral

• Tropism

• Structural

Which adaptation might help protect a plant from being eaten?

• A thorny stem

• Long roots

• A waxy coating

• A substance that attracts insects

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Which feature would help a plant that lives in the desert?

• small leaves

• large seeds

• spread out roots that are close to the surface

• smelly flowers

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