Which statement would the author most likely agree with?A)there are to many species of carnivorous plants.B)There are too few plant species in the world C)only a small number of plants are carnivorous D) a majority of plants are carnivorous 99%5:1214155 - Read-only8Sign in to edit and save changes to this file.CARNIVOROUS PLANTSImagine that you're a fly. You're just zipping around the sky, looking for a place to rest, when you see anice pink leaf. "That looks like a nice placeto land", You think to yourself in your fly head. As you rest your feet on the leaf, you notice somethingstrange. This leaf is hairy. You begin to makeyour move, but you trigger the plant's reflex. Snap! In one-tenth of a second, you are caught in theVenus flytrap. You will be digested in five totwelve days. Welcome to the world of carnivorous plants!There are over a quarter of a millions plant species. Only 600 or so are carnivorous. We call them thisbecause they attract, trap, and eat bugs.Like other plants, they get energy from the sun. But unlike other plants, they get their nutrients fromtheir prey. Carnivorous plants live in bogsand places where the soil lacks nutrients. Most plants get nutrients from the soil. Carnivorous plantshave turned to other sources.The snap of the Venus flytrap is not the only way that plants eat bugs. Pitcher plants trick their prey intolanding on them. They offer nectar bribesto the foolish insects that would take them. True to their name, pitcher plants have deep chambers.Their landing surface is slippery. They haveinward pointing hairs, making it hard to escape. The fly lands on the pitcher plant to eat, but slips into apit filled with digestive fluids and is eaten.Then there are sundews. We call them sundews because they sparkle in the sun as if covered in morningdew. Of course, that sparkle is from somethingmuch more treacherous. It is a sweet goo called mucilage that bugs can't resist. Sundews createmucilage to attract bugs. As they fly in to eat, bugsbecome trapped in the very object of their desire. They soon exhaust themselves by trying to escape themucilage. The sundew's tentacles, whichrespond to prey by curling around them, smother them. Bugs usually die in about 15 minutes. Then theplant dissolves its prey in enzymes and absorbsthe nutrients.Have you ever walked into trouble and found that you couldn't get out? So has every insect that hasever wandered into a corkscrew plant. Bugs loveto investigate plants for nectar and food. Corkscrew plants have inviting stems. Curved hairs line theinside of these stems. These hairs allow insects togo up the stems, but not back. Going forward leads to a chamber filled with digestive fluid, the plant'sstomach. Bugs who wander into the corkscrewplant find that they are unable to escape. They must march to their own demise. And then there are the|||O 5:1299%Sign in to edit and save changes to this file.Have you ever walked into trouble and found that you couldn't get out? So has every insect that hasever wandered into a corkscrew plant. Bugs loveto investigate plants for nectar and food. Corkscrew plants have inviting stems. Curved hairs line theinside of these stems. These hairs allow insects togo up the stems, but not back. Going forward leads to a chamber filled with digestive fluid, the plant'sstomach. Bugs who wander into the corkscrewplant find that they are unable to escape. They must march to their own demise. And then there are thebladderworts. They're about as nice as theysound. They live in water and float near the surface. Their traps are like small bladders hidden beneaththe water. Only their flowers are visible fromthe surface. When bugs swim into the trigger hairs, the plant reacts. A trapdoor in the bladder opens up.The bladder sucks up the prey and the watersurrounding it. A tenth of a second later, the bladder shuts again. The plant has trapped the prey. Itreleases digestive fluids. The prey will be digestedwithin hours.Carnivorous plants might sound tough, but they are difficult to keep at home. They are built to survive inplaces that other plants cannot. Thisspecialization comes at a cost. They have a hard time adapting to other environments. Their strengthsbecome weaknesses in rich soil. They dependon the harsh yet delicate environments in which they thrive. They are not so hardy after all. Still, there'ssomething to be said about the power of lifewhen one finds a plant that can survive in barren soil.Selection taken fromEreading Worksheets by Donald Morton.=|||r||

Plants classified as carnivorous are those that obtain some or all of their nourishment from…

Which statement would the author most likely agree with? A)there are to many species of carnivorous plants. B)There are too few plant species in the world C)only a small number of plants are carnivorous D) a majority of plants are carnivorous

Which statement would the author most likely agree with? A)there are to many species of carnivorous plants. B)There are too few plant species in the world C)only a small number of plants are carnivorous D) a majority of plants are carnivorous

Biology 2e

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ISBN:9781947172517

Author:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher:Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Chapter30: Plant Form And Physiology

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