Desert Plants

Is this book fiction or nonfiction? How do you know? Use the sentence frame:This book is _. I know this because _. "Only some kinds of plants can grow in a desert environment. These plants have adapted to the hot temperatures and lack of rain.What is the best definition for the word adapted. neglected refused become used to What allows a cactus to keep more water inside it than a normal plant? Use the sentence frame:A cactus can keep more water inside it because _. Why does a cactus have short roots? So it can be moved more easily. So it can soak up rain more quickly. Because it is a baby cactus. Fill in the blank. Bushes grow in the desert too. Some of them have adapted to the hot, dry environment even better than the cactus or desert trees.Some bushes have short roots, like a cactus. They also have very long roots, like a desert tree! That means they can soak up rainfall as well as water deep underground. What is one way a desert plant can protect itself from animals? Use the sentence frame._ protect themselves from animals by _. According to this text, which of the following is a way a desert plant might be planted? Seeds drop from a cone. Seed pods are blown across the desert. Animals will eat fruit and spread the seeds.