Plant Adaptations

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.

The Prickly Pear Cactus can grow in a dry environment because.....

• it is able to story water

• it has spiny leaves

• is carnivorous

• collects salt

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Some plants have small leaves that help them do which of these?

• grow tall

• save water

• make seeds
  make seeds

• fall off in winter

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Cactus has spines instead of leaves. The spines reduces water loss through the stomata.

• Structural

• Behavioural

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Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

• Tropical Rainfroest

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Match the following plant adaptation with example

• Blooming at night

• Physiological

• Flower color

• Behavioral

• Tropism

• Structural

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

• flowers with bright colors

• sharp thorns

• small seeds

• deep roots

The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment. A characteristic that helps a living thing survive.

• Structure

• Function

• Adaptation

• Instinct

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Which of these plant adaptations cannot be found in the rainforest

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