Plant Life Cycles
True or False: All plants make flowers as part of their life cycle.
False
What is the series of stages in an organism’s life called?
A life cycle
What is the term used to describe a young organism from a parent?
offspring
True or False: The living things in an ecosystem interact with the nonliving things.
true
What term describes something that helps to make an organism better or more likely to succeed?
advantage
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
What is an example of something a young oak tree inherits from its parent tree?
Possible answers: brown bark, roots that grow down, green leaves
What term describes a group of a single type of organism living in the same place at the same time?
population
Are the spines on a cactus in a desert a helpful or harmful trait? Explain.
They are a helpful trait. The spines help protect the cactus from animals seeking water and food.
Describe germination.
when a seed starts to grow
What stage occurs between being young and an adult?
adolescence
True or False: Traits are only physical features of an organism.
False, traits can also be behavioral.
How does a cactus survive in a desert with little water?
The cactus stores water inside for when there is little water in the desert
What is the ultimate reason organisms have helpful traits?
to survive
What three things does a plant need to germinate?
light, water, and heat
How is a chicken egg like a plant seed?
Both the eggshell and seed
protect the young organism until it is ready to grow
What did Gregor Mendel notice when he studied a lot of pea plants?
Sample answer: He noticed that the plants had different traits and had patterns of inheritance that could be documented
What is the difference between an ecosystem and an environment?
An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in the same place. An environment is only the area where something lives.
What term describes a color or pattern that helps an organism survive in its environment?
camouflage
What are the stages in a plant life cycle?
germination, 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.)
How would you describe how two sibling ducks could have two different patterns of feather color?
Each sibling inherits some different traits from its parents
How is it an advantage for the fur on some foxes to change to white when winter comes?
because with white fur they can blend in with the snow to hunt for food and to hide from animals that would eat them
What might happen to an organism if its environment changes?
The animal could become extinct if it cannot respond quickly enough to the changes in the environment. The animal could change enough to survive, and over generations it could become fit to live in the new habitat.