Carnivorous Plants: Plants that Eat Bugs Game Quiz Online
Nature is truly amazing. Just when you think you’ve read about every type of predatory or dangerous animal, along come carnivorous plants. Relax – they’re not actually capable of eating you whole! But if you’re a little mosquito or even a small rat, you might want to avoid them at all costs.
Test your botany knowledge to its limits with this quiz on carnivorous plants!
Questions
Around how many species of carnivorous plants are currently known to exist?
A.200
B.700
C.2,000
D.7,000
Which of these is not an example of a carnivorous plant?
A.Pitcher plant
B.Venus flytrap
C.Butterwort
D.Orchid
This carnivorous plant uses a “snap trap” to catch and digest its prey.
A.Bladderwort
B.Pitcher plant
C.Venus flytrap
D.Butterwort
This carnivorous plant has several sticky tentacles; any insect that gets caught on one tentacle triggers other tentacles to close around it, suffocating the insect.
A.Sundews
B.Bladderwort
C.Corkscrew plant
D.Pitcher plant
Which carnivorous plant has hollow leaves that form a vase-like structure, which are filled with water and digestive enzymes?
A.Drosophyllum
B.Pitcher plant
C.Butterwort
D.Corkscrew plant
This unique kind of carnivorous plant uses “suction traps” to quickly suck in its prey.
A.Pitcher plant
B.Bladderwort
C.Venus flytrap
D.Drosophyllum
These plants also have very short, sticky tentacles, although they don’t move.
A.Corkscrew plant
B.Bladderwort
C.Pitcher plant
D.Butterwort
Which carnivorous plant traps small bugs and larvae in its roots using sharp hairs?
A.Venus flytrap
B.Drosophyllum
C.Sundews
D.Corkscrew plant
What do carnivorous plants absorb from their digested prey?
A.Iron, magnesium and sodium
B.Nitrogen-rich compounds and salts
C.Oxygen and carbon dioxide
D.All of the above
The IUCN currently classifies the Venus flytrap as being…
A.Vulnerable
B.Endangered
C.Critically endangered
D.Extinct in the wild
Why can’t a Venus flytrap digest a human finger?
A.Its trap is too weak
B.Cells are repaired faster than they are digested
C.Both A & B
D.The plant is being merciful
Most carnivorous plants break down their prey using digestive enzymes. Some, however, also use…
A.heat
B.symbiotic bacteria
C.gizzard stones
D.all of the above
Carnivorous plants have evolved their adaptations because they live in ______ soil.
A.wet, nutrient-rich
B.dry, nutrient-rich
C.wet, nutrient-poor
D.dry, nutrient-poor
Which of these carnivorous plants lives underwater?
A.Aldrovanda
B.Drosophyllum
C.Drosera
D.Pinguicula
This carnivorous plant is notable for living in dry areas, such as in Spain and Morocco.
A.Pinguicula
B.Drosera
C.Aldrovanda
D.Drosophyllum