Loose-leaf Version for What is Life? A Guide to Biology
Loose-leaf Version for What is Life? A Guide to Biology
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ISBN: 9781464172274
Author: Jay Phelan
Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Co
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Chapter 19, Problem 1SA
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Two defenses that have evolved in plants to help combat predators.

Introduction:

Plants to thwart the constant attack from microbes, fungi, animals, and other plants, evolve to defend themselves. These defenses fall into four general categories: mechanical defenses, chemical defenses, mimicry or camouflage, and enlisting help from elsewhere.

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Plants since they are rooted in the ground are unable to employ many of the strategies used by animals and other organisms for resisting predation and responding to inhospitable environments.

But plants to overcome such adverse conditions have evolved to fight back. They have numerous defenses that can help them reduce the competitive and predatory danger. Plants use both physical and chemical defenses to combat the predators.

Conclusion

Plants have both physical and chemical defenses to ward off predation. Physical defenses include thorns, spines, and hairs. Chemical defenses include various toxins that make a plant distasteful or poisonous to predators.

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