Life Cycles
What happens first in the life cycle?
Birth
Germination
What is an example of an organism?
Anything that is living including all humans, animals, and plants.
Give an example of a trait.
height, eye color, hair color
fur color, tail length, ear shape
flower color, tree bark color
A fern is an example of a _________ plant.
Nonflowering
During the life cycle, what happens after life begins?
growth and development
What does a Sunflower use for pollination?
Flower
What does reproduction mean?
to make more of the same kind as parent (species)
What does inherit mean?
To get from your parent/family. You are born with it.
What is a small part of a plant that grows into a new plant under the right conditions?
What happens after growth and development?
Adulthood
What does a Fern use for pollination?
spores
An organisms young is called its _________.
offspring
What does variation mean.
When offsprings from the same parent look different.
Two or more offspring from the same parents are called?
What happens after you are full grown?
Reproduction
Explain what will happen to a tomato plant whose environment suddenly changes and gets too little water?
Its leaves would shrivel up and it would die.
A characteristic that is passed down from parent to offspring is called a _________.
Trait
Would the following trait be helpful?
Large horns on a deer that lives in the forest.
Explain.
A _________ refers to parents, offspring, and siblings.
family
Name all five stages of the life cycle.
Birth
Growth
Adulthood
Reproduction
Death
Explain what would happen to a cactus if its environment suddenly changed and it started snowing every week?
It would die because it isn't created for cold climates.
A trait that is helpful to an organism gives that organism an ___________.
Advantage
What is an acquired trait/behavior? Give an example of one.
Behavior or trait you learned over time for example:
Prairie Dogs learn how to warn for predators.
Humans learn the language of their parents.
A ___________ refers to the living things that live together in the same area.
Population