Animal life cycle
What are the four main stages in an animal's life cycle?
Birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
What is the first stage in a plant's life cycle?
Germination
What are traits that offspring inherit from their parents called?
inherited traits
What is the term for differences in traits among individuals of the same species?
Variation
a surrounding area that contains living and nonliving things is called what?
environment
What is the term for the stage when a young animal is developing into an adult?
Adolescence
What are flowering plants?
a plant that produces flowers during its life cycle
The features used to describe an individual are called its.....?
Physical traits
A group of a single type of organism living in the same place at the same time are called what?
Population
True/false Are all behavioral traits inherited
false, some are inherited, and some can be a result of environment.
In which stage do adult mice reproduce?
Adulthood
What is the term for the process where a plant makes its own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
When plants and animals reproduce, the young are known as...?
Offspring
All the living and nonliving things in an area make up an___________?
ecosystem
When an organism has a advantage over other members of its population it more like to ___________ and ____________.
survive, reproduce
What is the life cycle stage where an organism is born and grows?
Growth
What is the movement of pollen from one flower to another is called what?
Pollination
Who was the scientist who investigated how traits are inherited?
Gregor Mendel
What is the term for a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment?
Adaptation
Colorful skin patterns or feathers are some of the traits that can help animals do what?
attract mates
What is the process called when some animals completely change their body form during their life cycle, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly?
Metamorphosis
What is the life cycle of a fern?
Spores, growth, reproduction, death
Individuals that come from the same parents are called what?
siblings
What does the term species mean?
a group of living things that can reproduce together to make offspring that can also reproduce together.
What does camouflage mean?
a color or pattern that helps an organism blend in with its surroundings