How Can a Plant Kill?

10/10/2020 3:44:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Some plants may look harmless enough, but they can harbor some of the most deadly poisons.
  • Plants may be poisonous to the touch or toxic if swallowed.

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FACT: Some plants that are not toxic to humans are harmful to animals.

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

  • Which creature cannot move around?
  • What happens to an animal if it eats a poisonous plant?

____ cannot move around.

  • Plants
  • Animals
  • People
An animal ____ if it eats a poisonous plant.
  • gets sick or dies
  • runs away
  • moves around
____ use many kinds of poisons.
  • Scientists
  • Farmers
  • Animals

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

How Can a Plant Kill?

People kill. Animals kill. Animals and people kill for food, or they kill their enemies. People and animals can move around and find something to kill. They can run away from an . They can kill it if it is . 

Many kinds of animals eat plants. The plants cannot run away from their enemies. Some plants are . If an animal eats part of the plant, it gets sick or dies. Animals learn to stay away from these plants. There are many kinds of plants that make poison. Most of them grow in the desert or in the . 

Farmers use many kinds of on their farms. Most of these poisons come from petroleum, but petroleum is expensive. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them. Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from . 

Read the passage and answer the questions.

How Can a Plant Kill?

Some dangerous plants. Image: treehugger.com

People kill. Animals kill. Animals and people kill for food, or they kill their enemies. People and animals can move around and find something to kill. They can run away from an enemy. They can kill it if it is necessary. 

Many kinds of animals eat plants. The plants cannot run away from their enemies. Some plants are poisonous. If an animal eats part of the plant, it gets sick or dies. Animals learn to stay away from these plants. There are many kinds of plants that make poison. Most of them grow in the desert or in the tropics. 

Farmers use many kinds of poison on their farms. Most of these poisons come from petroleum, but petroleum is expensive. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them. Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from petroleum. 

Why do people and animals kill?
  • Because they want a place to live.
  • Because they need food to eat.
  • Because they hate others.
  • Because they want to be stronger.

What do animals learn about poisonous plants?

  • They should not come close to these plants.
  • They can eat some kinds of these plants.
  • They should use these plants to kill their enermies.
  • They cannot run away from these plants.

Poisons from plants are _____.

  • more common than the ones from petroleum
  • better than the ones from petroleum
  • more expensive than the ones from petroleum
  • cheaper than the ones from petroleum

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text. 

  1. They can run away from an .
  2. They can kill it if it is .
  3. Some plants are .
  4. Most of them grow in the desert or in the . 
  5. Farmers use many kinds of on their farms.
  6. Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. He lacks the skills for the job.
  2. is used to produce fuel for vehicles.
  3. She has spent several years doing research in the .
  4. The leaves of certain trees are to cattle.
  5. Birds are the natural of many insect species.
  6. Some mushrooms contain a deadly .