Home Chemistry: Carnivorous Plants

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF

PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Deciduous

Evergreen

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen:

1. Pine Tree  
2. Kauri Tree
3. Eucalyptus Tree  

Deciduous;

1. Maple Tree  
2. Oak Tree   
3. Spruce  

LEAVES

Simple                                 Compound

Choose a leaf and do a leaf rubbing.

Example:

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Leaf color: Green

Photo of leaf:

Plant drawing:

MY LEAF COLLECTION

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   1.
   Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen
   Leaf type: Simple / Compound
   Photo of leaf:
   
   
   
   
   2. Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen
   Leaf type: Simple / Compound
   Photo of leaf:
   
   
   
   3.  
   Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen
   Leaf type: Simple / Compound
   Photo of leaf:
   
   
   
   4.
   Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen
   Leaf type: Simple / Compound
   Photo of leaf:
   

RESEARCH 4 TYPES OF PLANT GROUPS

1. Carnivorous plants
2. Pine trees
3. Fruit trees
4. NZ Natives

You will need to do the following:

1. Title: NZ Natives
2. Examples:

• Kauri - Agathis australis, commonly known by its Māori name kauri, is a coniferous tree of Araucariaceae in the genus Agathis, found north of 38°S in the northern districts of New Zealand's North Island.
• Rimu - Dacrydium cupressinum, commonly known as rimu, is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand. It is a member of the southern conifer group, the podocarps. The former name "red pine" has fallen out of common use.
• New Zealand Cabbage Tree - Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, cabbage-palm is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 20 meters tall with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to 1 meter long.
• New Zealand Christmas Tree - Metrosideros excelsa, with common names pōhutukawa, New Zealand pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, New Zealand Christmas bush, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens.

Habitat: (select one from the list)

1. Desert / beach / mountains / swamp / plains / forest

Climate (select one from the list)

1. Hot / warm / cold
2. Rainy / dry /
3. Windy / still

Conclusion:

For this Science blog or task, we all had to grab a couple of leaves for the next activity, when we got back to class we had to either scetch over them or try to draw a compound leaf or Simple leave and I learned that I can tell the different to a Simple & Compound plant.