Fly Traps Plants That Bite Back

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Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back
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• What does the author of the selection like to do
  in his spare time?

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• How does a bladderwort use water to catch bugs?

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• If the pond dried up, do you think the
  bladderwort would still be able to catch bugs?

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• Use antonyms to complete this sentence
• Bladderworts are small and move quickly, but
  sundews are ___ and move more ___.

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• Why are the shiny parts of a sundew sticky?
• How did you figure this out?

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• Tell which of the following does not belong in
  the category Facts About Sundews

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• More than 80 kinds
• Biggest can grow leaves 18 inches long
• Need water to grow
• Grow only in the Southeastern United States

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• What happens when a fly touches two trigger hairs?

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• What antonyms does the author use in the caption?
• What do these antonyms help you understand about
  the Venus flytrap?

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• If ants can get away from a Venus flytrap, why
  cant flies and wasps escape?

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• Can a Venus Flytrap really be happy?
• Do insects really become soup for a cobra lily?
• Why does the author talk about plants this way?

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• What are the differences in the ways cobra lilies
  and sundews catch bugs?

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• What meaning does the word coast have in the
  second caption?
• How do you know?

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• How does a pitcher plant catch flies?

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• How are pitcher plants and cobra lilies similar?

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• How do you think the pitcher plant got its name?
• Do you think the plants in this selection have
  good names?

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• How do you think the author feels about
  carnivorous plants?
• What clues from the story prove this?