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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Parasites and Meat Eaters
Complete the puzzle.
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ENZYMES
MISTLETOE
NUTRIENTS
INSECTS
SUNDEWS
SUNLIGHT
NECTAR
HOST

 

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Most carnivorous plants like to eat these.
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A type of evergreen, parasitic plant. It has small, greenish flowers and white berries.
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____ plants are plants whose food is stolen by parasitic plants.
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Since parasitic plants do not need to make their own food, they do not need ____.
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A substance that is used by carnivorous plants to slowly digest all of the soft parts of an insect's body.
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Many carnivorous plants, such as pitcher plants, have this sweet liquid in their leaves. This liquid is used to attract insects.
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Many carnivorous plants cannot make their own food because the soil does not provide enough of this.
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The leaves of ____ are sticky. An insect that lands on this plant sticks to the leaves.

 

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