The trap of the Venus flytrap may not last long. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?
The trap opens up again 5-12 days after catching and eating an insect.
The trap stays open for a few seconds so that smaller insects can crawl out.
The trap must squeeze the prey very tightly in order to digest or eat the insect.
The trap can only catch about three of its prey before it dies and falls off.
4. Multiple Choice
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What was the Venus flytrap forced to adapt?
an environment without any other plants
an environment with nutrient-rich soil
an environment without nutrient-ric soil
an environment without any large animals
5. Multiple Choice
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What is the passage mainly about?
different types of carnivorous plants that live in swamps
the Venus flytrap and how it catches its prey
the swampy areas where the Venus flytrap lives
why the trap of the Venus flytrap turns black and fall off
6. Multiple Choice
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Read the following sentence: "The inside of a flytrap has fingerlike tentacles that help keep the insect from escaping." The author compares tentacles to what?
insects
flytraps
plants
fingers
7. Multiple Choice
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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below: The Venus flytrap cannot get enough nutrients from the soil in which it grows. ___________, the Venus flytrap evolved to get nutrients from an additional source.