Why do carnivorous plants eat insects (and other animals)?
a. It provides them with acid. b. It provides them with water. c. It provides them with calories. d. It provides them with fixed nitrogen. 12. Nepenthes is a carnivorous plant with long (2 feet or more), complex leaves that include a twining portion and a pitfall trap. How does it trap insects? a. It is a passive trap, with slippery sides and downward pointing hairs that slide the insect into a pool of water. b. It is an active trap, where if an insect simultaneously triggers two hairs, the sides of the trap will snap shut and catch the insect. c. It is a passive trap, with sticky material on hairs on the leaf surface which will catch insects that try to walk across the leaf. d. None of the above. 13. Dionaea, the “venus fly trap” catches insects with traps that snap shut after an insect triggers hairs on the surface of the trap. What plant part(s) make up the trap? a. Flowers b. Roots c. Stems d. None of the above. 14. Why do carnivorous plants have scapose inflorescences (i.e., flowe
