Vibrations from an Insect Trapped Inside a Carnivorous Sundew and Thrashing

question 72

Multiple Choice

Vibrations from an insect trapped inside a carnivorous sundew and thrashing around to escape stimulate the sundewʹs response. What happens next?

• A) Thigmotropism is activated, and it kills the insect.
• B) The plant secretes a cocktail of digestive enzymes that rapidly breaks down the insectʹs body.
• C) The sundewʹs leaves snap shut and their spiked edges mesh, trapping the insect.
• D) An electrical shock kills the insect.

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