Translations:AY Honors/Predatory Plants/Answer Key/4/en

• The traps are leaf modifications. The flowers are not involved in the trapping but are for reproduction.
• The nutrients are minerals (primarily nitrogen) and not a source of energy.
• The process of trapping, digesting, and assimilation of nutrients has a relatively high energy expenditure. It is preferable to obtain such nutrients vía a non-carnivorous method.
• Some carnivorous plants move between carnivorous and non-carnivorous depending on the current environment. Some permanently “convert” to non-carnivorous.