Life Cycles
What is the first stage in an animal's life cycle?
Birth
What is the plant part that can grow into a baby plant?
Seed
What do saguaro cactus grow?
Flowers that turn into fruits
What animal is the most common type of pollinator?
Bees
What is nectar?
Surgery liquid made by plants.
What is the last stage in an animal's life cycle?
Death
What is the sticky part of a flower?
Stigma
What animal helps pollinate saguaro cactus?
Bats
How does smelling like garbage help the Corpse Flower? Who pollinates it?
Flies like the smell of garbage and flies are able to then pollinate the flower.
What does nocturnal mean?
Animals sleep all day and come out at night.
What are the four stages in an organism's life cycle? List them in order.
Birth, growth, reproduction, death
What is pollen?
The powder plants make that is involved in plant reproduction.
Why are some saguaros so tiny?
They are still growing and germinating into adult cactus.
What is a pollinator?
An animal that moves pollen from one plant to another.
What is pollination?
Process of moving pollen from one part of a flower to another part. Helps plants make new plants.
How are plant and animal life cycles similar?
They both reproduce
What is the stamen?
The part of a flower that has pollen.
What is the first step in the saguaro life cycle?
(Daily Double-if you answer correctly you will get double the points!)
Germinating
What is the third stage in an animal's life cycle? You must use the scientific term to get full points.
Reproduction
What is the purpose of a flower in a plant's life cycle?
To attract pollinators
Why are life cycles important for life on Earth?
They make sure species continue to exist.
What is a fruit? How do scientists decide if a food is a fruit or a vegetable?
The plant part that contains seeds inside a covering. If a food has seeds then it is considered a fruit.
List the 2nd-5th events of a saguaro life cycle in order.
Growing, Dying, Fruiting, Flowering
Growing, Flowering, Fruiting, Dying
Name three different pollinator animals?
Bees, moths, butterflies, flies, hummingbirds, bats, beetles
We have been learning about Saguaro Cactus which live in Saguaro National Park. What state is the park located in?
Arizona