Venus Flytrap (RI 2.3 )

According to paragraph 7, if you want to get rid of many flies around your yard, why should you plant more than one Venus Flytrap?

• Because Venus Flytraps may eat each other

• Because Venus Flytraps work together to catch flies

• Because it is fun to watch the Venus Flytraps change colors

• Because each Venus Flytrap eats only a few insects during its life

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Which two senteces from paragraph 4 best explain what can happen to the insect after it has been eaten?

• It can be washed away by the rain too

• The rest of the insect blows away in the wind

• It opens back up after it is finished with its dinner

• It has the soft parts of the trapped insect for dinner

• The Venus Flytrap can stay shut on the insect from five to twelve days

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Read paragraph 5. Then choose a phrase for each blank to correctly complete the sentence.

If people __________, it is important that they __________.

• buy a Venus Flytrap, feed it insects

• keep a Venus Flytrap inside, put it in a dry spot

• keep a Venus Flytrap outside, make sure it stays cool

• keep a Venus Flytrap inside, feed it insects

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CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

According to paragraph 6, why don't many plants live in watery marshes where Venus Flytraps grow so well?

• There is too much water in the marshes.

• They cannot find enough food in the marshes.

• They cannot get enough sunlight in the marshes.

• There are too many animals that eat plants in the marshes.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

How does the Venus Flytrap know when to spit out a nut?

• The nut does not taste like an insect

• The nut is too hard for the Venus Flytrap to digest

• The nut does not move the stiff hairs on the leaves

• The nut rolls too far down the leaves for the Venus Flytrap

Read paragraph 2. Why does the Venus Flytrap stay shut after it catches an insect?

• The trap stay closed unti another insect comes along

• The insect inside keeps hitting the stiff hairs on the leaves

• The sun must shine directly on the trap for it to open again

• The Venus Flytrap needs more water before it can open again

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CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

Which sentence best supports why the Venus Flytrap stays shut after it catches an insect?

• The fly hits more stiff hairs

• The leaves are colored red inside

• The leaves also have a fruity smell

• The plant eats when its leaves open wide

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

According to paragraph 2, what happens before the leaves of the Venus Flytrap shut on a fly?

• The fly lands on the leaves

• The fly struggles to get away

• The Venus Flytrap eats the soft part of the fly

• The Venus Flytrap turns a yellowish orange color.

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CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

Based on paragraph 5, what are two reasons to grow a Venus Flytrap outside?

• because it needs rainwater

• because it should not get any sunshine

• because rabbits and other animals may eat it

• because it can catch insects to eat all by itself

• because it does not matter what kind of weather it gets

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

Which sentnece best explains what happens when the Venus Flytrap catches a rock?

• The Venus Flytrap swallows the rock the next day.

• The Venus Flytrap spits out the rock.

• The rock accidentally kills the Venus Flytrap.

• The Venus Flytrap keeps the rock for later.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3