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The Private Life of Plants (1) Episode 1: Traveling I. Words 1. dock 2. hazel 3. foxglove 4. bramble 5. earth-star 6. bird-cage plant 7. wood anemone 8. spore 9. puffball 10. dandelion II. Questions 1. What problems do plants have to face throughout their lives so as to survive? 4. Why do bird-cage plants travel to find a new place? 7. How do the seeds of dandelions fly? The Private Life of Plants (2) Episode 2: Growing I. Words 1. fern 2. pore 3. larch 4. begonia 5. chlorophyll 6. photosynthesis 7. mimicry 8. shrivel 9. pebble 10. nectar 11. caterpillar 12. bogus 13. passion-flower 14. mimosa 15. carnivorous plants II. Questions 6. Name the examples given in this episode to explain how plants use mimicry to defend themselves? 7. What is the dramatic solution a sensitive mimosa possesses to defend itself? 8. Name the carnivorous plants given in this episode? An Inconvenient Truth I. Words 1. infrared radiation 2. culprit 3. vulnerable 4. varnish 5. lukewarm 6. pixel 7. smallpox 8. polio 9. devastate 10. apartheid II. Questions 1. What are the three factors causing the collision between our civilization and the earth? I. Words 1. walrus 2. skinny 3. jeopardize 4.fat reserves 5. protocol II. Questions 2. Why polar bears’ survival is being threatened? Journey of Life (1) Program One: Life in the Sea I. Words 1. bizarre 2. predator 3. gill slits 4. embryo 5. mayhem 6. haven 7. lethal 8. jellyfish II. Questions 2. What is the natural selection? 5. There is an enormous variety of life on the planet. How did it come about? Program Two: Life on Land I. Words 1. buoyancy 2. kelp 3. arthropod 4. burrow 5. louse 6. vertebrate 7. fin II. Questions 2. Where did all life begin? And why? Journey of Life (2) Program Three: Life in the Sky I. Words 1. sprout 2. bask 3. tendon 4. larva 5. jackpot 6. swat 7. munch II. Questions 3. What are the good reasons for life to get into the air? Program Four: Living Together I. Words 1. huddle 2. spawn