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 \n·Now picture a black fly.What doesit look like?Does it make noise?How does the black fly move?  \n·Compare the two insects.Use thepictures in your mind.Tell how theseinsects are alike and different.  \n# Share IdeasBefore Reading\n\nHow can some plants be killers?Share your ideas witha partner.Then read on to find out more!  \nCopyright ◎2010 Milmark Education Corporation.AII Rights Reserved.Reproduction of the whole or any partof the contents without written permission is prohibited.  \nTable of Contents  \nGet Started...................  \n...........inside front cover  \nTrapped!..............  \n...................2  \nStuck!.................  \n.................4  \nDrowned!...............  \n.................6  \nRespond and Go Beyond.............  \n....................8  \nStretch Your Brain ....................................8  \nAnalyze a Bar Graph......................inside back cover  \nMillmark  \nE D U c A T 10 N  \nTrapped!  \nA hungry fly sees a Venus flytrap plant.Thefly lands on a sweet-smelling leaf.Surprise!The leaf snaps shut.The fly won't eat the leaf.The leaf will eat the fly!  \nPlants need nutrients to live and grow.Plants getmany nutrients from soil.But in some places,thesoil does not have enough nutrients.In these places,some plants get nutrients another way.They trapand kill small living things!These plants are calledcarnivorous plants.  \n# Carnivorous plants\n\nNon-carnivorous plants  \n·capture sunlight to make food·capture sunlight to make food  \n·get nutrients from soil·get some nutrients from soil  \n·also get nutrients from smallliving things  \nTrapped!The leaf of theVenus flytrap shuts to trap the fly.  \nThe Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.It hasleaves that open and close.When an insect landson a leaf,it touches the leaf's trigger hairs.Thismakes the leaf close.Then the plant breaks downthe soft parts of the insect.The plant gets nutrientsfrom the insect.  \nWhen the leaf opens again,only the hard parts ofthe insect are left.These parts blow away in thewind.The leaf is ready to trap another insect!  \nNo way out!This fly is trappedinside the Venus flytrap.  \n# Connect Skills to Language\n\nCompare and contrast a Venus flytrap anda dandelion.Use sentences like these:  \nA Venus flytrap and a dandelion are  \nalike because _·  \nBoth plants have    \nThese plants are different because    \n# Stuck!\n\nWhat is that sweet smell?It is coming fromthe shiny drops on that plant.A fly landson a leaf.Wait!The drops are like glue.  \nThe leaf of a Venus flytrap plant closes quicklyon an insect.But the leaf of a sundew plant doesnot move that way.A sundew leaf slowly rolls uparound the trapped insect.  \nThen the leaf gives off special chemicals.Thechemicals break the insect ","cbCaifduA4hdQvt6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifduA4hdQvt6","pdf",4018433,12,"English","# onnect Skills to Strategies\n## Compare and Contrast\n## Visualize\n# Share IdeasBefore Reading\n# Carnivorous plants\n## Non-carnivorous plants\n## Trapped!\n# Connect Skills to Language\n## Compare and contrast a Venus flytrap and a dandelion\n# Stuck!\n## Sundew plant\n# Connect Skillsto Strategies\n## Compare and contrast a sundew and a Venus flytrap\n# Put It All Together\n## Connect Skills to Your Life\n# Share IdeasAfter Reading\n# Connect Skills to Killer Plants\n## Compare and Contrast with a Chart\n## Write About It","[{\"question\":\"Why do carnivorous plants trap insects?\",\"answer\":\"Carnivorous plants need nutrients to live and grow. 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