Plants

Question 1

Aerial roots

Answer 1

• clinging air roots
• –short roots that grow horizontally from the stem
• -roots that fasten plants to support
• absorptive air roots
• -absorb moisture from air

Question 2

Adventitious roots

Answer 2

• develop in places other than nodes

- form on cuttings and rhizomes

Question 3

Bees

Answer 3

attracted to flowers with bright, lively colors, especially blues and yellows (can’t see red)

Question 4

Butterflies

Answer 4

have a slender tongue to get pollen, which then sticks to their feet

Question 5

Hummingbirds

Answer 5

attracted to red, pinks and oranges. Blossoms are narrowly constricted so that only narrow bills can enter (no landing platform)

Question 6

bats

Answer 6

nigh-time pollinators, pollination Saguaro cacti flowers (which have to be in bloom)

Question 7

Chemicals

Answer 7

• different chemicals in plants to help them respond

- gravity and light sensing chemicals help sense direction

Question 8

Dormancy

Answer 8

period of time when an organism’s growth or activity stops. It helps plants survive freezing temps and lack of water

Question 9

Signs of dormancy

Answer 9

• Leaves begin to change color once temps begin to cool
• Leaves begin to stop making chlorophyll
• As the green pigment chlorophyll begins to break down, pigments of orange and yellow become visible while red pigments are being produced.
• Any remaining sugar and water are transported out of leaves
• Leaves fall to the ground an tree is ready for winter