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Science Ch1
Questions Plants
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After this plant attracts insects with its honeylike nectar, the insects slip into its pitcher-shaped leaf where they are digested | pitcher plant |
| The hinged leaves of this plant close on its insect prey like the jaws of a steel trap | Venus's-flytrap |
| The glistening bait of this plant is its sticky "dewdrops" that trap unwary insects | sun-dew plant |
| This underwater plant has hollow leaves filled with water that can quickly expand and suck in an insect or small crustacean | bladderwort |
| This is the most important family of food-producing plants, with long, thin leaves and very small flowers | grasses |
| Often called legumes, this is the second largest family of flowering plants | pea family |
| Most of the members of this family grow from bulbs; their petals grow in multiples of three | lily family |
| This plant has long, narrow leaves and trumpetlike flowers that last only a day | day lily |
| This colorful and fruitful plant family has petals in multiples of five | rose family |
| This is the largest family of flowering plants; each "flower" is actually a combination of many small flowers | composite family |