The Venus Flytrap is a plant that eats insects and other animal life. It’s good to have around if you have a spider problem. Even though it has no brain, it knows to eat only living things, rather than twigs or dirt that blow into its jaws. How? Living things wiggle; dirt does not. The Venus Flytrap snaps its trap shut on squirming bugs. It then digests the animal.
Select two details that help give a greater understanding of the article’s facts.
(A) “It then digests the animal” is a detail of the fact “The Venus Flytrap snaps its trap shut on squirming bugs.” This detail gives you a greater understanding of what happens after bugs are caught.
(B) “Living things wiggle; dirt does not” is a detail of the fact “The Venus Flytrap snaps its trap shut on squirming bugs.” This detail gives you a greater understanding of the difference between living things and dirt.
(C) “The Venus Flytrap is a plant that eats insects and other animal life” is a detail of the fact “It’s good to have around if you have a spider problem.” This detail gives you a greater understanding of how spiders are eaten.
(D) “It’s good to have around if you have a spider problem” is a detail of the fact “The Venus Flytrap is a plant that eats insects and other animal life.” This detail gives you a greater understanding of ways you can use this plant.
(E) “Living things wiggle; dirt does not” is a detail of the fact “Even though it has no brain, it knows to eat only living things, rather than twigs or dirt that blow into its jaws.” This detail gives you a greater understanding of how the plant knows what to eat.