[填空题]Virtually all plant and animal species on Earth can be found in tropical rainforests.

[填空题]Virtually all plant and animal species on Earth can be found in tropical rainforests.

[填空题]Like all animal species, plant species must spread their offspring to suitable areas
where they can grow and pass on their parent’s genes. Young animals generally spread (1) ______
by walking or flying. Because plants don’t have that ability, they may somehow (2) ______
hitchhike. Some plant seeds scatter by blowing in the wind or floating on water.
Many other plant species, though, trick an animal into carrying their seeds. How do
they do They enclose them within a tasty fruit and advertise the fruit’s ripeness by
its color or smell. The hungry animal collects and swallows the fruit, walks or
flies off, but later spits out the seeds somewhere far from its parent tree. Seeds (3) ______
can thereby be carried thousands of miles. It may surprise you to learn that plant (4) ______
seeds can resist digestion. In fact, some seeds actually require passage through an
animal’s body before they can grow. Wild strawberries offer a good example of