Plant Structure and Adaptations

Plants have different needs depending on where they live. In what kind of environment would you find a plant that has an adaptation that allows it to store water?

• rainforest

• grasslands

• tundra

• desert

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To protect themselves from being eaten, plants may develop special adaptations to keep animals away. What is one of these adaptations.

• berries

• thorns

• vines

• fruit

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Some plants rely on insects and birds to help them pollinate and reproduce. What adaptation would help a plant attract more insects?

• bright flowers

• green leaves

• sharp thorns

• tall stem

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In order to survive, plants that live in ____ places have structures to slow the loss of water.

• wet

• windy

• dry

• high

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A plant's root grow in a downward direction in response to what force? 

• sunlight

• gravity

• soil

• turgor pressure

Adaptations that desert plants have include

• waxy cutticles

• hairy stems

• thin leaves

• short roots

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Match the following plant adaptation with example

• Flower color

• Physiological

• Tropism

• Behavioral

• Blooming at night

• Structural

Plants in the rainforest have ​ (a)   (b)   because in the rainforest, plants will not dry out due to large amounts of rain.

• thinner

• cuticles

• mesophyll

• thicker

Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

• Tropical Rainfroest

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What type of leaves slow the loss of water?

• waxy

• fewer

• hairy

• all of the above

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