2021 SPM ENGLISH

The Venus Flytrap's structure (9)__________ about four to seven leaves which grow from a stem.

It is actually a flowering

plant, best known for its (10) __________ ______ ability attract, trap and eat its prey.

The trap is made up of a jaw-like closing with two halves

of the leaf that can move (11) _______________ each other.

(12)________________ the inner surfaces of these leaves, or lobes, are hair-like projections called ‘trichomes'

‘Trichomes' cause the lobes

to snap (13)_______________ when prey comes in contact with them.

The plant uses sweet nectar to (14) ____________ its prey.

Once a fly or a spider or any small insect comes in (15)__________ with the hair-like projections, electrical signals cause the trap to slam shut.

The trap, or rather the plant, absorbs the nutrients from the prey and in about a week later it reopens its lobes, using the carcass to attract new

(17) ____________.

If you try to (18)____________ this plant with something that does not move, the lobes will not snap shut.