Question

State whether the following statements are true or false.
Plants use spines and chemical poisons to prevent predation by animals, especially insects

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Many plants have impenetrable barriers, such as bark and waxy cuticles, or adaptations, such as thorns and spines, to protect them from herbivores. If herbivores breach a plant’s barriers, the plant can respond with secondary metabolites, which are often toxic compounds, such as glycol cyanide, that may harm the herbivore. When attacked by a predator, damaged plant tissue releases jasmonate hormones that promote the release of volatile compounds, attracting parasitoids, which use, and eventually kill, the predators as host insects.

So the given statement is true.