Plant Adaptations

Which is an adaptation of plants to living in an ocean?

• rigid trunks and leaves

• flexible leaves and stems

• storage of water in trunk for dry years

• transparent leaves to hide from leopard sharks

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What is an adaptation?

• it's like when you get a baby from another family

• it's like when you can't breathe water so you die

• a change in a population of living things that helps them survive in an environment

• it's like when you go to a store and everything is on sale

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How do floating seeds help coconuts survive?

• Their seeds get from one island to another. When one island is washed away, that's not the end of them.

• Ants can have parties on the floating coconuts.

• It doesn't help them. Coconut trees are extinct.

• People can play games with the floating coconuts, such as coconut water polo and coconut bowling.

Why does a water lily have air spaces inside its stems?

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that it can make music.

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that so that rhinoceroses won't eat it.

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that you can find it in the dark.

• A water lily has air spaces in its stems so that it can float.

Why do low-growing plants in the rain forest have brightly colored flowers?

• Their bright flowers help them look good on Hawaiian shirts.

• Their bright flowers keep carnivores from seeing them.

• Their bright flowers attract pollinators, such as birds and insects.

• Their bright flowers help them keep their temperature inside at a constant 98.6 degrees.

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What can brightly colored flowers tell herbivores?

• Do you like my colors? They're the latest style! I'm super yummy.

• I'm poisonous, that's why I'm so easy to see. Don't eat me, or you'll be sorry.

• The soil here is almost out of nutrients.

• You are at least 1 kilometer from the ocean.

Why do some plants on the rain forest floor have huge, slippery leaves?

• They need huge leaves to scare away the other plants and being slippery lets them run away if another plant grabs them.

• They need huge leaves because they don't want the other plants to think they are weaklings.

• They are slippery so that poisonous frogs can't climb them.

• They need huge leaves because there isn't much light down there, and being slippery lets the extra rain drip right off.

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If plants didn't adapt as their environments changed, they would

• save a lot of time.

• not survive.

• get taller every year.

• be safe forever because they were already fine.

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Plants need ________________ to survive.

• twinkies, chips, and soda

• food, water, and shelter

• air, water, and sunlight

• sunscreen, a hot tub, and a mask

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How long does it take plants to adapt?

• less than a minute

• a very long time

• 3 hours

• 5 days

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