TCI Lesson 2: Plant Structures for Protection

Desert plants have fewer or smaller leaves to...

• make flowers

• save water

• keep animals away

• make shade

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Oak leaves have a _________ covering on them.

• waxy

• shiny

• hairy

• smooth

Hairy leaves help trap________.

• insects

• sap

• water

• food

A kind of leaf that is stiff, thin, and very sharp.

• thorn

• spine

• prickle

• hair

A sharp pointy structure that is a kind of branch or stem.

• thorn

• spine

• prickle

• hair

These are hard, sharp, and pointy, and grow out of the outer covering of a plant stem.

• thorn

• spike

• prickle

• hair

This protects a plant from insects and other animals that may try to eat the soft inner parts of the plant.

• hair

• thorn

• bark

• leaves

Thick bark protects a tree from...

• fire

• water loss

• insects

• disease

• all of these

Which image shows a birch tree?

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Waxy leaves not only help a plant conserve water, but also make the leaf....

• soft

• rough

• thorny

• slippery