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WorksheetsFlytrap Conservation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the most common threat to carnivorous plants outlined in Jennings and Rohr?
agriculture
pollution
poaching
climate change
Why do other plants outcompete flytraps?
flytraps outcompete other plants
flytraps require direct sunlight and cannot tolerate shade well
flytraps need soggy, poor nutrient soil thus making them rely on bugs for nutrients
flytraps grow in high nutrient environments
Why is eutrophication bad for flytraps?
it is good for flytraps, because flytraps like more nitrogen
increases the nitrogen content in soils, which flytraps prefer low to none of
decreases the nitrogen content in soils, which flytraps prefer high to none of
it has no effect on flytraps
why should we conserve flytraps?
flytraps are an indicator species
we should not conserve flytraps
other species within the same environment rely on them, so removing flytraps will cause a secondary extinction
flytraps consume bugs that are none to carry disease to humans
are flytraps considerd endangered by the IUCN RedList?
false
true
Approximately how many flytraps are in the wild?
>20000
73000 to 158000
50000 to 73000
2 million
Where is the Venus Flytrap native to?
Southern Eastern NC
Georgia
Asia
North Eastern SC
How many acres of flytrap habitat has been eliminated?
5
400000 acres
1.5 million acres
2000
In what year was legislation protection passed for the flytrap?
1899
1956
1979
2010
Should you ask where the flytrap is sourced from before purchasing one from a store?
yes
no
