Some plants have unique ways of communicating with each other. When animals begin to graze on the African acacia tree, the acacia releases a gas that drifts on the wind to tell nearby acacia trees that there is danger. The acacia then releases a toxic chemical into its leaves that makes them inedible. Other acacia trees in the area do the same when they detect the danger-signal gas. Animals that continue to graze on the acacia risk becoming ill.
Select a detail from the excerpt from Amazing Plants that demonstrates that it has a cause and effect text structure.
Animals that continue to graze on the acacia risk becoming ill.
Some plants have unique ways of communicating with each other.
The acacia releases a gas that drifts on the wind to tell nearby acacia trees that there is danger.
The acacia is a tree in Africa that releases toxic chemicals into its leaves.
