100,000 Whys of Plants, 500 words after reading 100,000 Whys Plants .

Why do morning glories always spin right up?

Morning glory, also known as trumpet flower, is a plant that everyone is familiar with. It has a long, thin stem that appears very thin and has to be wound around other objects in order to grow upwards. If you look closely at the thin stems that wrap around the bamboo poles, you will find an interesting phenomenon, which is that morning glories climb upwards in a clockwise direction (right-handed), while hops, another winding plant, do the opposite, which grows upwards in a counterclockwise direction (left-handed).

Why is that? This seemingly simple question is difficult.

Although there is no definitive answer yet, there are already scientists who have hypothesized about this phenomenon. Scientists speculate that the ancestors of our earth's entwined plants, one in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere, followed the rising sun in the east and setting in order to get more sunlight, and over time, two opposite rotations were formed. If this statement is correct, some winding plants that originate near the equator cannot have a fixed winding direction.

Later, scientists did discover a neutral plant that can rotate left and right, and its origin is in the equatorial region of Argentina.

Why are plants green? Why can a small seed grow into a big tree? Why do plant roots grow down and stems up?

Why are flowers colorful? Why do the leaves of plants turn yellow? Why do flowers have a scent?

Why do sunflowers chase the sun? Why does the ripe fruit fall? Why is it cooler in the woods in the summer?

Why do lotus flowers come out of the mud without staining? Plants also shed "hair" – trees lose their leaves, flowers wither, ......Why do epiphanys only bloom at night? Why can a banyan tree grow a forest on its own?

Why aren't tree trunks square? Why can creepers "climb walls"? Why do aquatic plants spit bubbles?

Why do cacti have no leaves? Why do apples grow on trees? Why do coconut palms grow diagonally towards the sea?

Do plants need to "sleep" too? Why don't bananas have seeds? Why do lotus roots have holes?

A Thousand Forms of Green Life - Types of PlantsWhy is the cantaloupe the sweetest in Xinjiang? Why is cotton not considered a flower? Why do trees have growth rings?

Why is it that "a tree without bark will surely die"? Why is there gum on peach trees? Why do bugs hate camphor trees?

Why do willow trees produce white fluff in spring? Why pine trees are evergreen all year round.

100,000 Whys Sixth Edition – Plants also intrigued me. The book tells many interesting stories about plants, such as the banyan tree grows into a forest alone, the seeds of thousand-year-old lotus can germinate, and some plants love meat. There are many things I didn't know before, such as the fact that sunflowers have thousands of flowers and some plants can grow in the air ......It's so colorful.

I learned from the book that without plants, there would be a severe lack of oxygen on the earth, and humans would feel suffocated and would not be able to survive. Therefore, the protection of plants is an indispensable action for us human beings.

I learned a lot from the book. Before, I didn't know much about plants, but after reading this book, I know a lot about plants, and I have a deeper awareness of plant protection.

I was also fascinated by the many novel stories in the book, such as the aforementioned sunflowers with thousands of flowers, which I had never heard of before, and the strange things that plants can grow in the air.

The more I looked at the back, the more curious I became, the interesting knowledge that ancient lotus seeds do not rot for thousands of years, and a banyan tree can become a forest, made me always stay on one page.

100,000 Whys is a set of popular science books, so I have mastered a lot of scientific knowledge in the book, and I have gained a lot.

100,000 Whys 6th Edition – Plants has taught me a lot about plants, and since then, I have become more interested in plants, and I will continue to read them many times to gain more knowledge from the book.