Page 9 - BP2Y 002 Listening Success BT4

A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking

1. What is the main idea of this passage? Topic :

epiphytic plants

bromeliads
trichomes Main idea :

host plants

2. What role do trichomes serve? 1 Major point :
st
reflecting sunlight
absorbing nutrients

absorbing water Details :
all of the above

3. How are bromeliads that live in soil classified?
terrestrial

epiphytic
nd
2 Major point :
both
neither

4. What do epiphytic plants rely on hosts for? Details :

water

food
support

none of the above

3 Major point :
rd
B. Check True or False.

1. Aerial plants are found in gardens,

greenhouses, and homes. Details :

2. Air plant leaves have tiny scales called

trichomes.

3. The word epiphyte is derived from the Latin

words epi and phyton.

Unit 1. Aerial Plants 9