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WorksheetsPlant Adaptations
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Do plants with adaptations have more or less competition?
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What is a trait or characteristic that make an organism better suited to live in an environment.
Mutation
Change
Adaptation
What two ways do we study plant adaptations?
Pollination & Population
Structure & Function
Colors & Predators
Plant adaptations are usually modifications to what?
Stem
Roots
Leaves
All of the above
Conifer trees are usually found in what type of climate?
Cold & Dry
Dry & Warm
Cold & Damp
Warm & Damp
Why do conifer trees have needles?
Needles also shed snow more easily and less likely to lose water in dry environments.
Needles can be harmful to many predators that feed on the bark of these leaves.
Needles create more surface area in order to create more photosynthesis.
Cacti are adapted to thrive where?
hot and dry areas
Hot and Damp areas
Hot and humid areas
cold and dry areas.
Why do cacti have deep large roots?
The deep root of the cacti allows it to resist rainfall.
In order to help the cacti to be stable in windy conditions.
absorb water that is deep in the ground.
Some flowering plants survive year after year, these plants are called.
Annuals
Biannual
Perennials
Why do perennials become dormant in the winter months?
To conserve energy
To avoid predators
To survive the frost
Some plants have the ability to survive in or near aquatic environments: which of the following is not one of these plants.
Coconut and palm trees
Aquatic plants
Deciduous Trees
Nonvascular plants, such as moss, can survive in the
Warm & damp environment of the rainforest
Cold and barren environment of the tundra
