Vocab
Seed
A part of the air that most plants and animals need to survive?
Oxygen
All organisms experience different stages of growth and change when?
During their life cycles
Which of the following is an example of a living thing?
A. Rock
B. Fungus
C. Crystal
D. Soil
B. Fungus
What is the largest group into which an organism can be classified?
Kingdom
What is the process in which organisms produce offspring?
Reproduction
Water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide are needed for which plant process?
Photosynthesis
A wolf and a dog belong to the same genus but different?
Species
What is the name of living things that carry out the five basic life functions?
Organism
What is the protective layer of a leaf called that helps to keep water in?
Epidermis
What would happen if there were not tubes in roots and stems of plants?
What would happen if organisms did not carry out the 5 basic life functions?
The organism would stop living and eventually die
The small unit of living matter
What do plants WITHOUT seed use to reproduce?
Spores
Describe fungi and how they are classified.
Fungi is plantlike, DON'T make their own food, which means they are classified in a separate kingdom because plants make their own food.
If an animal moves flower to flower what is the animals referred to as and what process is being done?
The animal is a pollinator
The process is pollination
What is the process where a seed sprouts into a new plant?
Germination
The process where cells use sugar to make energy?
Respiration
Between a potato and a clover which would survive better in a drought and why?
potato-has taproots to store food
What are the 5 basic life functions organisms need to carry out to survive?
1. eat food
2. grow
3. reproduce
4. get rid of wastes
5. respond to their environment