Partes de una planta – ¿Sabías que?

The video explains how plants produce food through photosynthesis, highlighting that all plants make their own food. It introduces cuscuta, a parasitic plant that lacks leaves and cannot photosynthesize. Instead, cuscuta survives by entangling its stems around other plants to steal their food and water.

What process do plants use to create their own food?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Digestion

• Fermentation

Why can't the cuscuta plant perform photosynthesis?

• It has no leaves

• It is too small

• It lacks roots

• It grows underground

How does the cuscuta plant obtain nutrients?

• By growing in nutrient-rich soil

• By attaching to other plants

• By trapping insects

• By absorbing sunlight

What is a unique feature of the cuscuta plant?

• It grows in water

• It can photosynthesize at night

• It lacks chlorophyll

• It has colorful flowers

What is the primary reason cuscuta needs to attach to other plants?

• To avoid predators

• To obtain food and water

• To gain structural support

• To reproduce