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ACT Aspire Reading: How Do Wildflowers Retain Heat? 0 Views


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According to the passage, what is one way in which wildflowers retain heat?


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Okay Aspiring reading shmoop er's two of ten Let's get

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to it According to the passage what is one way

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in which wildflowers retain heat So while some wildflowers are

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shaped like drooping bells and capture the heat naturally radiating

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from the earth like it absorbs it from the sun

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than radiates it out the drooping bell design works like

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standing in front of a campfire with your shirt pulled

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out in front to capture the heat of the fire

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That's the walking upwards and then it kind of warns

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your belly That's awesome and just don't stand too close

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So that's it It's be wild Flowers are shaped like

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drooping bells That's how they cope All right loser ball

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wildflowers or small in the alpine zone to counter the

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effects of strong wind s so it makes it hard

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from the retain heat And the waxy cuticle layers are

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used to conserve moisture The vegetative reproduction of wildflowers doesn't

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have anything to do with retaining heat either So get

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rid of either That's more about keeping the family tree

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through cloning Yep there are laws against human cloning but

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while plants can't read so that's it answers

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