Random Vocabulary!
A ______ is a characteristic of a living thing.
What is a trait?
Babies from a parent are called __________.
What is offspring?
The life cycle (4 steps) of a frog are...
What is egg, tadpole, froglet, frog?
When an animal has a better chance at living because of an adaptation or trait, they have an _________.
What is a advantage?
_______ traits are traits that are passed from parents to offspring.
What is inherited trait?
Traits that are passed from parent to offspring such as eye color, hair/fur color, height, weight, skin color are examples of ____________.
What is inherited traits?
Two similarities between a plant and animal life cycle ....
What are 1. birth, 2. growth, 3. development, 4. reproduction, 5. death? (only 2 need to be named)
Would a bright blue butterfly or a green colored butterfly have a better chance at surviving in a leafy-green forest? Why?
What is the green butterfly?
Explanation: Predators would not see the green butterfly because it would blend in to a leafy-green environment, allowing it to survive. The blue butterflies would be eaten because they would stand out against the leaves.
Humans and butterflies both grow.
Humans get taller, but butterflies go through _____________.
What is metamorphosis?
The stages of growth and development that an organism goes through in its lifetime is called a ____ _____.
What is a life cycle?
A species of crabs changed from light colored to dark colored over 100 years probably because...
What is the environment changed from light to dark?
One difference between a dog's life cycle and butterfly life cycle ....
What is
1. butterfly lays eggs/dog has live birth
2. butterfly does metamorphosis/dog does not
(only one pair needs to be named)
A _______ is something that hunts prey.
What is a predator?
What is similar at the end of all life cycles?
What is death?
When a living thing goes through major physical changed during their life cycle it is called going through ______________.
What is metamorphasis?
Traits such as being overweight or very strong are examples of _____________.
What is environmental traits?
The 4 life cycle stages that are common to all living things (in order)...
What is
birth,
growth,
reproduction,
death?
A living thing is more like to survive, and finish out its life cycle, if it blends in to its environment, or is ____________ .
What is camouflaged?
A grey moth on a grey tree branch,
A green katydid on a green leaf,
A white octopus on white sand....
all have a better chance at.................?
BONUS 2x points: 3 answers possible, each extra will double in points.
What is survival? Or finishing out their life cycle? Or reproducing more of their species?
(only one needed)
A difference in a type of trait is called ____________.
What is variation?
A rat puts off a stinky smell that makes predators stay away. Over time, what would you expect to see happen in a group of rats?
What are rat's stinky smell would get worse over time?
The 5 stages of a flowering plant's life cycle (in order)...
What is seedling sprouts,
leaves form,
flower opens,
flower dies,
fruit forms?
If a parent dog and its offspring OR different breeds have ___________, it means they have different traits.
Examples:
Parent A has dark brown fur, Offspring 1 has light brown fur.
Boxers have pointed ears, Pugs have rounded ears.
What is variation?
What is an example of two different dog breeds that have similarities and differences?
What is (Teacher decides) !