Lesson 3 Flashcards
What is so special about angiosperms?
Angiosperms are special because they make beautiful flowers and provide food and many other useful things for a lot of creation.
What is the purpose of a flower?
The purpose of a flower is to make seeds.
What is the job of the sepal?
The sepal’s job is to protect the bud or newly forming flower.
What are all of the sepals together?
All of the sepals together is called the calyx.
Explain what the corolla is:
All of the petals together make up the corolla.
What is the nutrient that carnivorous plants use from the creatures they digest?
The nutrient that carnivorous plants use from the creatures that they digest is nitrogen.
How does the Venus Fly Trap keep from shutting its leaves when something other than an animal falls into its trap?
Something must touch two of the hairs on the leaf one hair after another for the two leaves to close on the prey.
Describe the Bladderwort and how it traps its prey:
Bladderworts have little bladders on its roots that open up when insects or small fish hit them, then they are sucked into the bladders and trapped.
Why it the Pitcher Plant the most frightening of the carnivorous plants?
The Pitcher Plant is known to trap and digest animals as large as mice or small mammals! This makes them the most frightening of the carnivorous plants.
Explain why creatures trapped in the Pitcher Plant cannot escape it:
The Pitcher Plant has tiny prickles pointing downward that poke the trapped prey if they try to crawl out. Rainwater also collects in them and this drowns the victim.
Explain how Sundews trap and digest animals.
They are covered with sticky goo that makes insects stick to the plant. When the insect gets stuck, tentacles wrap around the insect and keep it trapped.
angiosperm
A plant that makes flowers
anther
At the top of the filament and is covered with pollen.
calyx
All of the sepals together.
carnivore
An organism that eats only meat.
