Dwayne’s Study Zombies

Kewl… zombie flowers! Who knew? The GED Science test’s got ‘life science’ questions on it… and that means questions about all the kewl plants and animals and stuff… oh, yeah, and people too. And here’s one of my favorites! The GIANT, STINKY CORPSE FLOWER! It’s totally for real… a giant, stinky flower!

Check out these articles about corpse flowers:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008080135_webcorpseflower29m.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7559690.stm

Yes, it’s a 7-foot-tall stinking flower! Kewl. What if it came to life and really was a zombie flower? Like, rampaging through the city… It only blooms for a couple of days, but when it does, it’s s’posed to smell like rotting flesh. Gross, Dudes! Okay… here’s your GED science question about CORPSE FLOWERS….

What is the best explanation for why corpse flowers have a very pungent odor? (That means a strong smell!)

A)    To attract insects to pollinate the flowers

B)    To kill other plants that are nearby

C)    To attract more sunlight
D)   To attract a mate

Okay… you got an answer? If you’re not sure, try lookin’ at this article…

http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5950.html 

Now you’ve definitely got the answer, right? It’s answer A… the corpse flower pretends to be, like, a big pile of rotting stinking meat… so that flies and stuff, well maybe not flies, but insects that buzz around meat will come to it… and they pollinate, which is how flowers make more flowers! Kewl, right? So, how would you guess the answer?

You gotta think it through, you know? Like, what do flowers need? They don’t really need to kill other plants, you know.  And they don’t need a mate… that’s animals! And, a smell wouldn’t attract sunlight. Like, I don’t think the sun can really smell… So you can use process of elimination… to get rid of the wrong answers, and ta-da! You know why the corpse flower stinks!

Kewl science.

Good GED studyin!

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 5:10 pm and is filed under GED Practice Question, GED Science, Life Science.
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