The document discusses carnivorous plants and their adaptations for trapping and digesting animal prey. It describes how some plants have developed traps like pitfall traps or sticky leaves to capture insects and other small animals. The plants secrete enzymes to digest their prey and absorb the nutrients, as their natural habitat of bogs is low in nutrients. Some of these adaptations that help the plants obtain nutrients otherwise absent from their environment include traps, digestive enzymes, and mechanisms to attract prey.

1. Plants That Eat Animal
-from MN DNR Conservation Volunteer March –
April 2002

2. entangle
 Verb
 To entangle means to
get tangled up with
something.
 The sea turtle was
entangled in a fishing
net.

3. adaptations
 Noun
 An adaptation is
something an
plant/animal does to
help it survive.
 A giraffe’s long neck is
an adaptation that
allows it to eat plants
usually out of reach.

4. bog
 Noun
 An area of very wet
spongy ground.
 We explored the bog
and discovered a new
species of frog.

5. nutrients
 Noun
 A nutrient is a mineral
absorbed by the roots
of plants to help it
grow.
 The crops grew well
because the soil was
rich in nutrients.

6. tantalize
 Verb
 To tantalize is to tease
someone with
something that is out
of reach.
 The smell of the
brownies was
tantalizing but mom
said they were for
company.

7. enzymes
 Noun
 An enzyme is a
something made by
living things that can
change an object.
 Enzymes in your
stomach help you
digest food.

8. stimulates
 Verb
 If you stimulate a seed to
grow you give it water. To
stimulate a child to read
you read to him/her and
giver him/her books.
 Apple stimulates people’s
interest in technology by
having interesting
commercials.

9. buoyant
 Adjective
 Something that is
buoyant floats in
water.
 The lily pad leaf is
buoyant.