Amazing Plant Adaptations
Questions:
5
Grade:
5
Words:
92
Plants live in all sorts of places, from hot deserts to cold mountains, and even underwater! To survive in these environments, plants have incredible adaptations. Cactus plants have thick, waxy skins to store water in the dry desert. The Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant, has developed a unique way to get nutrition by trapping insects! Underwater, seaweed has flexible stems to move with the ocean current. These adaptations help plants to live, grow, and make food through a process called photosynthesis. Without these adaptations, plants could not survive in their unique habitats.
Question 1
What adaptation does a cactus plant have to survive in the desert?
A
Flexible stems
B
Fly trapping mechanisms
C
Thick, waxy skins
Explanation. Cactus plants have thick, waxy skins to store water in the dry desert.
D
Cold resistance
E
Water repellent
Question 2
What is photosynthesis?
A
The process by which plants grow
B
The process by which plants move
C
The process by which plants trap insects
D
The process by which plants make food
Explanation. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make food.
E
The process by which plants adapt to environments
Question 3
What adaptation allows the Venus flytrap to get nutrition?
A
Thick, waxy skins
B
Fly trapping mechanisms
Explanation. The Venus flytrap has developed a unique way to get nutrition by trapping insects.
C
Flexible stems
D
Cold resistance
E
Water repellent
Question 4
What adaptation does seaweed have to survive underwater?
A
Thick, waxy skins
B
Fly trapping mechanisms
C
Flexible stems
Explanation. Seaweed has flexible stems to move with the ocean current.
D
Cold resistance
E
Water repellent
Question 5
True or False: Without adaptations, plants could not survive in their unique habitats.
A
True
Explanation. Without these adaptations, plants could not survive in their unique habitats.
B
False
C
Both
D
None
E
Not given
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