Plants
Animals
Human Body
Life Cycles
Interdependence
100
Katie put a flowering plant on her kitchen table. The flowers would most likely respond in this way to light coming through the window.
What is lean toward the window?
100
Many kinds of animals live in the Everglades, including alligators, Florida panthers, and manatees. All three of these animals share this characteristic.
What is they all have a backbone or are vertebrates?
100
Helping with digestion by secreting enzymes to process sugars is the purpose of this organ.
What is the pancreas?
100
The first stage in a Monarch butterfly's life cycle is this.
What is an egg?
100
In the 1800s, the US military used horses to transport weapons and supplies through the American West. The dry, hot weather was difficult on the horses, and the terrain lacked the grass that the horses fed on. In 1836, a US Army explorer recommended to the military that camels should be used instead. Camels would be better this to live in a hot, dry climate.
What is adapted?
200
Roots grow downward into soil in response to this.
What is gravity?
200
Samson spotted an animal in his yard that he had never seen before. It was lying on top of a pile of eggs. He could also tell that the animal's skin was tough and scaly. Based on this information, Samson was most likely looking at this type of vertebrate.
What is a reptile?
200
This organ cleans the blood coming from the digestive organs.
What is the liver?
200
The beginning of a plant's life cycle is this.
What is seed?
200
Two animals that live in Florida are the American bittern and the Key deer. The bittern is a bird that has a buff and brown colored back that allows it to blend in with the sawgrass of the lakes it lives near. When it feels threatened, the bittern freezes and points its head skyward to resemble a reed. The Key deer is brown in color, lives in the forest, and freezes when it feels threatened. Both animals use these 2 similar adaptations to survive.
What is their coloring (camoflauge) and lack of big movement?
300
Plants have stems that function to provide support. Stems are most similar to this in humans.
What is the skeleton?
300
This organ in the fish is most similar to the human lungs.
What are gills?
300
These help balance the salts and acids in the body by filtering blood.
What are the kidneys?
300
This undergoes these stages in its life cycle: egg, embryo, infant, adolescent, and adult.
What is an animal?
300
In the savannahs in Africa, elephants and giraffes both use acacia trees for food. Removing these large animals from the savannah would most likely have this impact on the surroundings.
What is the trees would begin to take over and there would be less grass?
400
The stamen and pistil of a plant are used in this.
What is reproduction?
400
The scales of fish and the feathers of birds are both made from the same protein, called keratin. Another characteristic that birds and fish share is this.
What is they both are animals that lay eggs?
400
This part of the body protects organs, provides support, and forms blood cells.
What is the skeleton?
400
The second stage in incomplete metamorphosis is this.
What is nymph?
400
Ashley is identifying insects and finds a camo moth. A camo moth looks like a leaf and is able to easily blend in with its surroundings. Because of this adaptation, the camo moth has a greater chance of this.
What is survival?
500
Seeds often develop in these in nonflowering plants.
What are cones?
500
An animal without a backbone is this.
What is an invertebrate?
500
This organ does most of the processing of nutrients in the human body.
What is the small intestine?
500
Insects that go through the stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult are said to have undergone this type of metamorphosis.
What is complete?
500
Caroline knows that cars using gasoline produce toxins, which reduce air quality. The best way to reduce toxins in the air is to reduce this.
What is the burning of fossil fuels?
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