Classification
What is the term that means to arrange or sort objects or living things according to their properties or characteristics?
Classify
What is the female structure in plants that produces egg cells?
pistil
What is the term for the process in which plants make sugar?
photosynthesis
(Sugar is the food plants make for themselves. Plants use carbon dioxide that their leaves absorb from the air, water and nutrients that their roots absorb from the soil, and sunlight energy to change these ingredients into food.)
What is the term for a physical feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment?
adaptation.
(Example: a porcupine's quills)
What is the term for something that causes a reaction in a living thing?
stimulus
example: Hunger is a stimulus that causes animals to look for food.
What is the term for animals with backbones?
vertebrates
What is the male structure in plants that makes pollen?
stamen
What is the term for "to start to grow"?
germinate
What is the term for a behavior that is inherited?
Instinct
(examples: Geese migrating/helps them stay warmer and find food, sea stars sucking in cool water at high tide/keeps them cooler during low tide.)
To receive characteristics from an organisms parents is to....(vocabulary word)
inherit
What is the term for animals without backbones?
invertebrates
What is the term for the movement of pollen from stamen to pistil?
pollination
What is the term for the process in which a sperm cell and egg cell combine?
Fertilization
What is the term for a characteristic that can help an individual compete?
advantage
Examples: A male giraffe with a strong neck can win fights with other males, and moths that blend in with tree bark have less of a chance of being eaten by birds.
A flamingo's feathers turn pink. What caused this change?
A stimulus in the environment (diet of shrimp) causes the change in the flamingo's feathers.
What is the term for the qualities an organism has?
characteristics
Example: A tiger has black stripes.
Explain how seed dispersal helps a plant reproduce.
Possible answer: Seed dispersal is when a plant’s seeds are scattered away from the plant. This helps the seeds have a better chance of germinating. They will not have to compete with their parents for water, sunlight and nutrients, or living space that they need to grow.
What is the substance in plants that makes them green and captures energy from sunlight?
chlorophyll
(Leaf cells contain chlorophyll).
How does the adaptation of the bee-like appearance of the bee orchid's flower help it reproduce?
It attracts insects, so the flower is pollinated.
Which of the following s an inherited characteristic of an animal?
Staying away from predators, having white feathers, pushing doors open, or fetching balls?
Having white feathers is an inherited characteristic.
The other three choices are behaviors that are at least partly learned.
What are two characteristics that scientists use to classify plants?
Reproduction and water and nutrient transportation
What is the function of the sepals of a flower?
They protect flower buds.
What is the waste product of photosynthesis?
Oxygen
What adaptations would be useful to an animal that eats nectar from plants?
Wings and a long tongue or beak
Instinct or learned behavior:
A spider spins webs
INSTINCT