Reading Space · Bilingual Themed Reading The Secret Life of Plants

Author: Edited by the United States Charles Publishing Company
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Can morning glories solve problems? Do willows possess wisdom? The idea that plants might have intelligence sounds absurd, but today, even skeptical scientists are seriously asking this question. Tropical rainforests, although covering less than 70% of the Earth's surface, are home to over half of all known species. In the relentless competition for sunlight, water, and nutrients, many tropical rainforest species have learned to depend on each other—in ways that are intimate and specialized.
In autumn, leaves easily turn yellow or orange. This is not a complex process; it simply requires the production of large amounts of yellow or orange pigments, and there is nothing mysterious about it. However, turning red is a more complex process, involving the increase of anthocyanins (red pigments) in the fall.
There is even more fascinating content to enjoy the joy of deep English reading! This book's content is selected from the popular U.S. youth magazines NUSE, ODYSSEY, CALLIOPE, and FACES. It will show you the various secret lives of plants, and you might be amazed by the tricks and allure of a single orchid, or moved by the intimate and specialized dependence between the Central American ant tree and the Aztec ants. Isn't the ability to survive a form of life's wisdom? From this perspective, plants also have "intelligence."