alleryInsectivorous plants like VENUS FLYTRAP and PITCHER PLANT trap insects mainly to obtain:
ACarbon (the building block) and oxygen
BEnergy (which they get from photosynthesis)
CNitrogen (lacking in their boggy soils)
DCalcium for cell wall structures only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Nitrogen (lacking in their boggy soils)
Insectivorous plants are PHOTOSYNTHETIC
they catch insects to supplement NITROGEN (their boggy / acidic soils are N-poor).
**Examples:** Venus flytrap (Dionaea), Sundew (Drosera), Pitcher (Nepenthes), Utricularia.
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