Plant Life Cycles
T/F All plants make flowers as part of their life cycle
What is the series of stages in an organism's life called?
A life cycle
Are the spines on a cactus in a desert a helpful or harmful trait? Explain.
Helpful. The spines protect the cactus from animals seeking water or food.
What is the term used to describe a young organism from a parent?
offspring
A young plant is protected by a ________ until conditions are right for it to grow
seed
What is the name of a series of steps that frogs and butterflies go through to change form?
Metamorphosis
Why do organisms have helpful traits?
To help them survive.
T/F The environment can affect an organism's physical traits.
True
The first stage of a plant growth process when a seed begins to grow is called what?
Germination
What stage occurs between being young and an adult?
Adolescence
What term describes a color or pattern that helps an organism survive in its environment?
camouflage
Spores are tiny structures on what type of plants?
Flowerless plants
What 3 things does a plant need to germinate?
How is a chicken egg like a plant seed?
Both the eggshell and the seed protect the young organism until it is ready to grow.
With white fur, foxes can blend in with the snow to hunt for food and hide from animals that would eat them.
What is the last stage in all organism's life cycles?
Death
What are the stages in a fern life cycle?
Spores, growth, reproduction, death
How does the life cycle of a frog differ from the life cycle of a chicken or mouse?
A young frog (tadpole) develops legs after it is born and loses a tail. The other two animals have all their body parts when they are born.
Traits that are harmful to an organism are a __________? (Advantage or disadvantage)
Disadvantage
True or False: Ferns are flowerless plants.
True