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                                                             Amazing Plants
                                                             Amazing Plants






          Some plants prey on insects and small animals. They are mostly found in wetlands
          and swamps. These are known as carnivorous plants.

          Read the clues and write the names of plants using the Clue Box.



             1    This is a small plant that grows from a bulb like
                  root. The leaves of the plant grow in rounded halves.
                  ____________________







                                         2     This plant is shaped like a pitcher filled with liquid
                                               at the bottom. ____________________









             3     This  plant  floats  in  water.  It  floats  on  water  using
                   air sacs. It uses hair like triggers to entrap its prey.
                   ____________________






                                        4    This plant has red ‘tentacles’ covered with dew that is
                                             sticky that helps entrap insects. ____________________








             5     This  plant  has  a  funnel–shaped  flower.  It  traps

                   insects with its sticky leaves. ____________________



                             File-O-Fact                              Clue Box
                             File-O-Fact
                                                                      Clue Box
                 The oldest pine tree can be found in Wheeler               Waterwheel Plant, Butterwort,
                Park, California. This pine tree is estimated to            Round-leaved Sundew,
                             be 5,000 years old.                            Venus Flytrap, Pitcher Plant

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