This document discusses various plant adaptations for different environments. It describes structural adaptations like leaves that absorb sunlight and roots that uptake water. It also describes behavioral adaptations such as Venus fly traps trapping insects for food. Specific plant adaptations are provided for different habitats like deserts, grasslands, tundras, rainforests, temperate forests, and bodies of water. Plants have adapted traits like thick waxy skins to hold water in deserts, deep roots to survive prairie fires in grasslands, and small stature and dark flowers to absorb heat in tundras.

1. Plant Adaptations!
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2. Behavior Adaptations:
The way a plant acts
 Plants adapt to get food.
 Venus Fly Traps trap insects for food
 Plants lean or grow toward the sun
 Vines climb trees to reach sunlight
 Plants drop seeds to produce offspring

3. Structural Adaptations:
The way plants are built
 Leaves and stems absorb sunlight to
create food
 Roots soak up water from the soil
 Brightly colored flowers and fruits
attract animals for pollination
 Seeds shaped to catch the wind
Seed

4. Desert Plants
It rarely rains in the desert and the
ground is covered in sand
 Roots near the top of the soil to
soak up rain quickly
 Thick waxy skin hold water
 Save water in their spines

5. Grassland Adaptations
 Deep roots help plant survive
prairie fires
 Narrow leaves lose less water

6. Tundra Adaptations
The Tundra is a freezing cold place
with harsh winds.
 Small plants grow close to
the ground for warmth
 Dark colored flowers absorb
more heat from the sun
 Fuzzy stems keep the base
of the plants warm

7. Rainforest Adaptations
It rains almost everyday in the rainforest
and it is incredibly humid.
 Leaves shaped like slides
keep the water from
laying on the trees for too
long
 Bark is slippery to keep
the vines from killing the
trees

8. Temperate Forest
Adaptations
A temperate climate is what we live in.
There are cold and warm seasons.
 Strong bark to protect the trees
from animals
 The leaves fall during the cold
months to save water and
nutrients

9.  Flexible stems move with
the water currents (moving
water)
 Seeds float to spread
offspring
Water Adaptations
These plants grow in water such
as oceans, lakes, and rivers
Seaweed