Title:
Crazy plants / Karina Hamalainen.
ISBN:
9780531234624
9780531240052
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Extreme adaptations -- How do plants adapt to their environment? -- Very unusual nutrients -- Which plants get food from sources other than soil? -- Screaming for attention -- What are some of the most unusual flowers and scents in the plant world? -- Weird fruits and seeds -- Which plants make the craziest fruits and seeds? -- The big truth: the rarest of the rare -- What are some of the most endangered plants on earth? -- Defense strategies -- Which plants have unique ways to protect themselves? -- Activity: design a plant -- True statistics.
Summary:
Presents strange but true facts on plant adaptations, from succulents in the arid desert and insect-eating carnivorous plants to foul-smelling flowers and gigantic seeds.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 0.5 502920.
Subject Term:
Audience:
840L Lexile
OCLC Number:
on1085625829
Availability:
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