Variations in Plant Traits

The video discusses the diversity of plants, highlighting their various shapes, sizes, and colors. It explains how plants adapt to their environments, passing on traits to offspring. Environmental factors like rainfall, temperature, and soil nutrients significantly impact plant traits. Droughts and soil conditions can alter plant growth and characteristics. The video emphasizes the importance of adaptation for plant survival and the role of environmental conditions in shaping plant traits.

What is the term used to describe the process by which plants adjust to their surroundings to survive?

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Photosynthesis

Which environmental factor is NOT mentioned as affecting plant traits?

• Sunlight

• Temperature

• Wind

• Rainfall

How does a drought affect a plant's growth?

• It can make the plant shorter and weaker

• It causes the plant to have more flowers

• It makes the plant grow taller

• It increases the plant's leaf size

What happens to hydrangea flowers when they grow in more acidic soil?

• They turn pink

• They turn bluish purple

• They become larger

• They lose their color

What can a sudden change in temperature affect in a plant?

• The number of leaves

• The color of the flowers

• The height of the plant

• The roots and overall growth