Plant Reproduction
A seed sprouts during a process known as ___________
germination
Anther's on a flower contain the ______
sperm
What are the three stages of an animals life cycle?
Newborn -- Youth -- Adult
What are the two types of metamorphosis'?
Complete Metamorphosis & Incomplete Metamorphosis
an specific feature of an individual
trait
A series of stages that a living thing goes through as it develops is called it's ______ ________
life cycle
Pollen falls from the stigma, to the style, into the ovaries where the pollen joins the plants _____
eggs
What are the two ways animals can be born?
Hatching from an egg & live birth
What stage does an animal "molt" it's skin?
Nymph stage.
- Molting is when skin is shedding
What are three traits you can inherit?
Answers will vary: eye color - hair color - shape of face - cleft chin - earlobes - height - etc.
What is the process of a sperm and an egg cell joining together?
fertilization
Male cells are called ______. Female cells are called ____. They have to join together in a process called _______________.
sperm
egg
fertilization
What are young kangaroos called?
Joeys
Which metamorphosis is when the adult and the young look very similar, just some slight differences and different in size. Also, give an example of an animal that goes through this.
Incomplete Metamorphosis
examples: grasshopper, cockroach, crickets, lice, termites
What two things have to join together in order for a child to be created as an offspring of their parents?
sperm + egg
Pollination is the process of pollen moving from a male plant part to a female plant part.
How pollen/seeds are spread: Animals, Water, Wind
What is the OVERALL female and male organ called on a flower?
Female - Pistil
Male - Stamen
What are the stages of a humans life cycle?
Baby(infant) - Toddler - Child - Teenager - Adult
What do complete and incomplete metamorphosis have in common and different involving their stages?
Common: egg and adult
Difference: incomplete has nymph & complete has larva and pupa
Describe three ways that the environment can affect your genes.
Answers will vary.
sun -- soil -- water -- etc.
Explain the step by step life cycle of a plant.
Seed - Germinates, grows a root, embyro grows - Plant continues to grow larger, gets more roots - Reaches maturity (full size, able to reproduce seeds)
Tell me four parts of a flower. Explain what each part does/purpose.
Petals - attracts pollinators
Stem - holds up flower
Anther - male part, produces pollen
Stigma - female part, where pollen goes in
answers may vary
Caterpillars spin webs that are very sticky and hard to remove. At what stage of its life cycle would the moth be in when it spin a web?
Larva
Explain both metamorphosis in great detail, including all stages and what happens in those stages.
Complete - egg, larva, pupa, adult : larva is when its in a worm like stage and looks nothing like the adult stage, pupa is when is wraps up in its cocoon like structure and goes through a major change into it's adult phase. The larva and adult look completely different.
Incomplete - egg, nymph, adult. The nymph and adult look similar but different in size and some minor features. The nymph molts and becomes an adult.
Tell me the definitions of learned behavior and instinct. Then, give me two examples for BOTH vocabulary words.
Learned Behavior - something you have to learn in order to know; not born knowing it.
Instinct - something you're born knowing
Examples will vary.