Plant Life Cycle & Needs
A series of changes that a living thing goes through during its life.
What is the life cycle
Which two animals go through metamorphosis? butterfly, koala, dog, turtle, bird, frog
What are butterflies and frogs?
What needs do some young animals (babies) have that adults do not have?
Some young animals need the parent to hunt for their food or to feed them.
True or False: Animals do NOT eat plants
False
Substances in food that living things need to grow
What are nurients?
Name the 4 stages of a plant's life cycle
What are seed, seedling, adult plant, and adult plant with fruit?
What 5 needs do animals have?
Animals need shelter, air (oxygen), food, water, and space to survive and grow.
What do animals eat? (name 3 types)
What is:
meat eating only (carnivore)
plant eating only (herbivore)
meat and plant eating (omnivore)
True or False: Some animals rely on plants for shelter
True
Basic things a plant or animal requires to survive
What are needs?
Things plants need to grow
What is water, soil, air, (carbon dioxide) and sunlight?
What do plants provide or give animals?
Plants give animals food and shelter.
How does a bamboo forest help a panda?
A bamboo forest provides food and shelter for the panda. .
How do plants rely on animals?
For seed dispersal and pollination
The process that allows plants to make seeds
What is polliation?
Two ways plants begin
What are seed or a bulb?
Which animals are born from their mothers (not hatched)?
butterfly, koala, dog, turtle, bird, frog, elephant
What are koala, dog, and elephant?
What needs do plants in a swamp or marsh provide for birds like the crane?
These plants provide shelter and protection for their nests and eggs.
Why do plants need pollen?
Pollen is needed to make flowers and seeds.
Something that covers and protects a living thing from its surroundings
What is shelter?
How do plants disperse their seeds? Name two ways
* animal/insect: seeds get stuck or travel on body
* animal waste
* bird droppings
* squirrels bury them
* wind or water
True or False: Butterflies are fed by their mothers
False
Name a carnivore, herbivore, and omnivore?
Carnivore: wolf, lion, killer whale (orca)
Herbivore: giraffes, koalas, sheep
Omnivore: humans (Linnea), bear, turtle, dogs
What are 3 ways plants help ALL living things?
Plants release oxygen that all living things need.
Plants clean the air.
Plants absorb pollution.