Carnivorous Plants

What is a carnivorous plant?

• A plant that eats meat

• A plant that animals eat

• A plant that works at a carnival

The most well-known carnivorous plant is the ____________.

• Cow muncher

• Venus flytrap

• Pitcher plant

• Sundew plant

Why do carnivorous plants eat insects?

• To gain energy

• To assert their dominance

• To protect other plants' babies

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Besides insects, what are some other creatures that pitcher plants eat?

• Alligators and pigs

• Chicken and lamb

• Humans and cats

• Frogs and mice

True or false

All carnivorous plants live on land.

• True

• False

What is the name of this carnivorous plant?

• Jupiter mosquito cage

• Venus flytrap

• Mars caterpillar net

What is the name of this carnivorous plant?

• Pitcher plant

• Venus flytrap

• Bladderwort

Why is the bladderwort so special?

• It is the fastest plant in the world

• It only eats small insects

• It lives in Antarctica

Explain how the bladderwort eats its prey.

• It sucks in its prey and shuts the door so it cannot escape

• It spits poison at its prey and swallows them whole

How does the Venus flytrap know how to close itself around its food?

• It hears the insect moving around

• It has tiny hairs inside itself that close when touched