Plant Life Cycle
What is the series of stages a living thing goes through as it grows and changes called?
Life Cycle
What is the process of pollen moving from a male plant part to a female plant part called?
Pollination
Most animals reproduce when sperm from a male joins an egg from a female. What is this called?
Sexual reproduction
What is the process where some animals change form as they grow?
Metamorphosis
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called?
Heredity
What happens when a seed sprouts and begins to grow?
Germination
Name one animal that can help pollinate flowers.
Bee, butterfly, bird, or another pollinator
What do we call a young animal that has just been born or hatched?
Newborn
How many stages are in complete metamorphosis?
Four
What are features such as eye color, hair color, or flower color called?
Traits
What is inside a seed that can grow into a new plant?
An embryo
What part of the flower makes pollen?
The anther
What are an animal’s young called?
Offspring
What are the four stages of complete metamorphosis?
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
What are chemical instructions inside cells that control traits called?
Genes
What stage does a plant reach when it is fully grown and can make seeds?
Maturity
What female flower part contains the eggs?
The pistil
Name one animal that hatches from an egg.
Bird, fish, grasshopper, frog, turtle, or alligator
What are the three stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
Egg, nymph, adult
Is a spider spinning a web a learned behavior or an instinct?
Instinct
Put these plant life cycle stages in order: mature plant, seed, sprout, young plant.
Seed → sprout → young plant → mature plant
Name three ways seeds can move from place to place.
Wind, water, and animals
Name one animal that gives birth to live young.
Dog, horse, human, cat, deer, bear, rabbit, or kangaroo
What is the difference between a larva and a nymph?
A larva looks very different from the adult, but a nymph looks like a smaller adult without wings.
Is playing baseball a learned behavior or an instinct? Explain.
Learned behavior, because a person has to learn the rules and skills.