Plant Life Cycles
True or False
All plants make flowers as part of their life cycle?
False
What is the series of stages in a 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.
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?
Brown bark, roots, 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 helpful or harmful trait? Explain
Describe germination
Germination is when a seed starts to grow
What stage occurs between being young and being an adult?
adolescence
True or False: Traits are only physical features of an organism
False
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 reason organisms have helpful traits?
to survive
What 3 things does a plant need to germinate?
light, water, heat
How is a chicken egg similar to a plant seed?
Both the eggshell and the seed protect the young organism until it is ready to grow.
What did Gregor Mendel notice when he studied lots of pea plants?
He noticed that the plants had different traits and patterns that were inheritied
What is the difference between an ecosystem and an environment?
An ecosystem is all in the living and nonliving things in the same place. An environments is only the are 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 of 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
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 organmism if its environment changes too quickly?
The animal could become extinct if it cannot respond quickly to the changes. The animal could change enough to survive and over genereations would become a better fit for the new habitat