Plant Growth & Measurement
What do plants grow from?
Seeds
What is the first stage of a plant's life cycle?
A seed
Is a bird living, non-living or once living?
Living
Why do we group animals and plants?
To organise them based on their similarities and differences.
What is a life cycle?
The stages a living thing goes through as it grows and changes.
What could you use to measure how tall your plant has grown?
A ruler
What happens when a seed begins to germinate?
It begins to grow/sprout into a plant
Is a rock living, non-living or once living?
Non-living
Name one characteristic we could use to group animals.
What they eat, where they live, how they move or what their bodies are like.
Name one animal that changes a lot during its life cycle.
Butterfly or frog
f your plant was 5 cm tall on Monday and 8 cm tall on Friday, how much did it grow?
3cm
Put these stages in order: flower, seedling, seed, adult plant.
Seed → seedling → adult plant → flower.
Is a wooden desk living, non-living or once living?
Once living
How could you group a fish, dog, bird and snake?
You could group them using characteristics such as how they move, where they live or how their bodies are covered.
What happens to a tadpole during the frog's life cycle?
it grows lungs, sprouts legs and loses it's tail
Why is it useful to measure a plant more than once as it grows?
It allows us to see how the plant changes and grows over time.
Why are seeds important in a plant's life cycle?
Seeds can grow into new plants, allowing the life cycle to continue.
What is the difference between something that is living and something that is non-living?
Living things carry out life processes such as growing and reproducing. Non-living things do not.
Name two characteristics you could use to group plants.
Their size, leaves, flowers, seeds, structure or where they grow.
How could knowing about the life cycles of plants and animals help First Nations Australians?
It could help them understand when plants and animals are available and how they can use natural resources.
Why might your plant shrink in size?
It is coming to the end of its life cycle
Explain how the life cycle of a flowering plant can begin again after the plant has grown into an adult.
The adult plant produces flowers, which can produce seeds. These seeds can grow into new plants, starting the life cycle again.
A wooden chair is sitting in your classroom. It isn't alive, but why might we call it once living?
The wood came from a tree, which was once a living thing.
A student groups a whale with fish because both live in water. Why might this not be the best way to group them?
Although both live in water, they have many different characteristics. A whale is a mammal, while a fish has different characteristics such as gills.
Explain how knowledge of plant and animal life cycles could help First Nations Australians know when resources might be available.
By understanding the patterns in life cycles, people can know when plants produce useful foods or when animals are at particular stages of their lives and may be available as resources.