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How plants protect themselves
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Follow examples that support a main idea in a lecture.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- thorn
- A sharp point on a plant stem.
- bitter
- With a strong, sharp taste that is not sweet.
- toxic
- Poisonous.
Answer key
- Plants cannot run away, so they have developed other ways to protect themselves.The stress in “protect” is on “tect”.
- Some, like roses, grow sharp thorns.The p of “sharp” and the th of “thorns” are separate sounds.
- Others produce chemicals that taste bitter or are toxic.The t of “taste” is hardly heard before “bitter”.
- A few even release smells that attract the enemies of the insects eating them.The t of “attract” is hardly heard before “the”.
- These strategies help plants survive without moving at all.The stress in “strategies” is on “strat”.