Download or read book Venus Flytraps Bladderworts and Other Wild and Amazing Plants written by Monica Halpern and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses plants that have developed interesting ways to find food and to protect themselves.
Download or read book Killer Plants written by Molly Williams and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the darker side of nature with this accessible guide to choosing, growing, and caring for carnivorous and predatory plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, sundews, and other spooky guys. Carnivorous plants: they're weird, they're gorgeous, and they're the perfect addition to your urban jungle of pothos, snake plants, and succulents. However, they can also be intimidating to grow and care for. Let Killer Plants be your guide as it walks you through the different types of carnivorous plants and how to keep each variety alive and well. The book answers the many questions you may have surrounding these freaks of nature, such as: Where the heck do I buy a pitcher plant? Can I grow it from a seed? Do I need to feed my carnivorous plant flies, or can it survive on water and light alone? What carnivorous plants are safe to have around pets and kids? I have a gnat problem -- what predatory plant can help?
Download or read book Weedy Sea Dragons Spitting Cobras and Other Wild and Amazing Animals written by Robyn O'Sullivan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents animals that have strange and unique characteristics or behaviors that help them survive.
Download or read book Carnivorous Plants written by Makoto Honda and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introductory book on carnivorous plants for a young audience. Ages 7-9. Grades 2-4. To see the book, visit "honda-e.com/eaj.htm". These are unique plants found in bogs and swamps. The soils where they grow are very poor in nutrition. In order to survive in these hostile environments, some plants have acquired an ability to catch and digest insects and other bugs. There are over 700 kinds of flowering plants that possess this meat-eating habit. These plants are collectively known as carnivorous plants because of their unique lifestyle. Carnivorous plants are found worldwide. Some grow widely while some are restricted to a small area. For instance, Venus flytraps grow wild only in coastal North & South Carolina in the United States. There are four major types of traps used by carnivorous plants: Snap trap (Venus flytrap), pitfalls (pitcher plants), flypaper traps (sundews & butterworts), and suction traps (bladderworts). You will learn each of these trapping mechanisms as you read along. Just as plants need to attract pollinators to their flowers, carnivorous plants need to attract prey to their deadly traps. In order to achieve this, many carnivorous plants disguise their traps with brilliant colors and sweet nectar, just like real flowers. Often, this trick is so effective that insects visit the trap in the same manner they do flowers, and are captured and eaten! Did you know that you have to touch Venus flytrap's trigger hair, not once, but twice to close the trap? Venus flytraps catch and eat only large, worthy bugs, and tiny bugs are let go. How many times do you think you can trick a Venus flytrap's trap with your finger before it stops responding? All these and more are described in detail in the book. This is an informative natural science book filled with many vivid images accompanying the text. This book takes you to the natural habitats of North America where many carnivorous plants grow wild. This is a good reference book for a school science project. Enjoy!
Download or read book Carnivorous Plants written by Rebecca L. Johnson and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2006-12-22 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics and habitat of carnivorous plants, including pitcher plants, venus fly traps, and cobra lilies.
Download or read book Weird Meat Eating Plants written by Nathan Aaseng and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines meat-eating plants, including the different types of carnivorous plants, how they trap their prey, why these plants eat meat, and where they are found"--
Download or read book Peculiar Plants written by Anita Ganeri and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers learn about strange and unique plants.
Download or read book Disgusting Plants written by Patrick Perish and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all plants smell as sweet as a rose. Carrion flowers smell like rotting flesh to attract flies and other pollinators. Others, like the Venus flytrap and Nepenthes truncata, actually eat animals! Young readers will be amazed by all of the weird and disgusting plants in this interesting read.
Download or read book Your 206 Bones 32 Teeth and Other Body Math written by Robyn O'Sullivan and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing facts about the human body are introduced.
Download or read book Killer Plants written by Mycol Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes thirteen plants, such as the sundew, bladderwort, and mistletoe, that depend on the animal world or other plants for their nutrition.
Download or read book Discovering Supercroc written by Pamela Rushby and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amazing fossils of prehistoric crocodiles tell us something about their lives.
Download or read book Gotcha Good written by Kathleen A. Baxter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fifth Gotcha! book, aimed at public and school librarians and teachers, discusses well-reviewed and kid-tested nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers published in 2005-2007 with a few extra oldies but goodies added in. Chapters are built around the high- interest topics kids love. Irresistible book descriptions and book talks guide librarians and teachers to nonfiction books kids want to read. New features include numerous booklists to copy and save (similar to the bookmarks in Gotcha for Guys!) and profiles and interviews of some innovative authors such as Sally Walker, Kathleen Krull, Catherine Thimmesh, Steve Jenkins, Ken Mochizuki, and others. Grades 3-8. This fifth Gotcha! book, aimed at public and school librarians, as well as elementary and middle school teachers, discusses well-reviewed and kid-tested nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers published in 2005-2007 with a few extra oldies but goodies added in. Chapters are built around the high-interest topics kids love as the authors provide irresistible book descriptions to guide librarians and teachers to nonfiction books kids will want to read. Features include numerous booklists that can be copied and saved (similar to the bookmarks in the authors' Gotcha for Guys!), as well as profiles and interviews of some innovative nonfiction authors such as Sally Walker, Kathleen Krull, Catherine Thimmesh, Steve Jenkins, Ken Mochizuki, and others. Grades 3-8.
Download or read book Mysteries of the Fossil Dig written by Pamela Rushby and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An on-location lesson in museums and dinosaur digs shows how paleontologists perform their fascinating unearthing of the past. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
Download or read book Mysteries of the Universe written by Andrew Einspruch and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the telescopes, shuttles, space stations, and probes that scientists use to observe objects in space.
Download or read book All about Light written by Monica Halpern and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains where light can come from, describes its properties--including that of creating color and shadows--and presents simple experiments to show them.
Download or read book Devouring Flames written by Meredith Costain and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes everything about forest fires--how they start, how they are fought, how they are prevented, and why they are sometimes good for the forest.
Download or read book Serengeti Journey written by Gare Thompson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Serengeti Plain and the animals that live there.
