Morning Starters: Spring 1 - Flowering Plants
Did You Know?
The seven-hour flower is a remarkable botanical wonder that is known for its incredibly brief flowering period. Each flower blossom opens at night, dying after a period of around seven hours. To ensure its survival as a species, the seven hour flower must attract night-time pollinators. The underwood bat is its primary pollinator. It is attracted to the flower’s sugary nectar.
Credit: BBC One - Green Planet
Word Challenge
Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Use the above strategy to learn the spellings of the words underlined.
Grammar Challenge
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Rewrite the sentence below, adding a fronted adverbial.
The hungry bat flitted silently through the air.
Example: With great agility, the hungry bat flitted silently through the air.
Number Challenge
From 22:30 to 04:30, an Underwood’s bat fed on the nectar of the seven-hour flower. During this period, it visited a total of 900 flower blossoms.
What was the mean average number of flower blossoms visited by the bat per hour?
Critical Thinking
Bats and humans both belong to the mammal family.
What do you consider to be the main similarities between bats and humans?