Question

Insectivorous plants grow in
(a) Nitrogen deficient area
(b) Nitrogen excess area
(c) Oxygen deficient area
(d) None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Insectivorous plants take their nutrition by feeding on insects and other organisms. They need to be adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients.
Insectivorous plants are plants that take some or most of their nutrients (but not energy, which they derive from photosynthesis) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.

Complete answer: Insectivorous plants have evolved to develop in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen. They're found within nitrogen deficient soil. That's why they trap and digest insects to soak up nutrients. Venus flytrap, pitcher plant and cobra lily are a number of the insectivorous plants’ names. They're often called Carnivorous plants.
An Insectivorous plant that catches no insects at least will rarely die, although its growth could also be impaired. Generally, these plants are best left to their own devices: after under watering with tap- water, the foremost common explanation for Venus flytrap death is prodding the traps to observe them close and feeding them inappropriate items.
Five basic trapping mechanisms are found in carnivorous plants.
- Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey during a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria. - Flypaper traps use a sticky mucilage. - Snap traps utilise rapid leaf movements. - Bladder traps suck in prey with a bladder that generates an inside vacuum. - Lobster-pot traps, also referred to as eel traps, force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward- pointing hairs.
So the correct answer is ‘Nitrogen deficient area’.

Note: Insectivorous plants contain compounds that have antifungal properties and should cause the event of a replacement class of antifungal drugs which will be effective against infections that are immune to current antifungal drugs.