Question

Most animals eat plants, but how many plants eat animals? There are about 450 carnivorous, or meat-eating, plants in the world. These plants are often found in marshy areas. Nourishment is scarce. The plants need to trap insects and small animals for food.

Most carnivorous plants smell sweet. This attracts prey. The plants use different methods to trap their prey. Some, like the Venus flytrap, have leaves that snap shut. Others, like the sundew plant, trap prey in a glue-like liquid. The pitcher plant is an example of a third type of carnivorous plant. This group drowns prey in poisonous liquid or water.

Carnivorous plants are harmless to humans. Most animals are also safe. Insects are the most common feast for carnivorous plants.
Which is the BEST summary of the FIRST paragraph?
a
Some plants are carnivorous.
b
Carnivorous plants attract prey using smell.
c
Some carnivorous plants can be found in marshy areas.
d
There are about 450 types of carnivorous plants that eat insects and small animals.

Answer 1

d

It captures the main point of the first paragraph: the number of carnivorous plants and that they eat insects and small animals.