Plant Adaptations printable
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Plants live in many different places, so they have adaptations that help them survive. A cactus stores water in its thick stem. Its waxy coating slows water loss in the hot, dry desert. In a forest, a plant with broad leaves can collect more sunlight. Some plants have deep roots that reach water far below the ground. Others have spreading roots that collect rainwater near the surface. These adaptations help plants get the water and light they need.
adaptations: features that help a living thing survivewaxy coating: a covering that slows water lossspreading roots: roots that reach across the ground to collect water
1. Main idea: What is this passage mostly about?
2. Detail: How does a cactus survive in a dry desert?
3. Vocabulary: What does adaptation mean in the passage?
4. Inference: Why might a forest plant have broad leaves?
5. Text evidence: Which sentence tells how deep roots help a plant?
Answer key
- Plants have adaptations that help them get water and sunlight so they can survive.
- It stores water in its thick stem and has a waxy coating that slows water loss.
- An adaptation is a feature that helps a living thing survive.
- Broad leaves help the plant collect more sunlight.
- “Some plants have deep roots that reach water far below the ground.”