Plant Life Cycles
Inherited or Environmental
Adaptation
Fossils and Extinction Events
Old Exit Tickets/Animals
100
Make a life cycle for plants.
1. Birth
2. Growth
3. Adult/Reproduction
4. Death
100
Where do inherited traits come from? Where do environmental traits come from?
1. Parents
2. Surroundings
100
What are traits?
Body Parts
100
What are fossils?
Bones of old animals or preservations of old plants
100
Why is the life cycle in a circle, and not a line?
To show that life continues after reproduction.
200
What are the three main ways a plant disperses its seeds.
1. Wind
2. Animal Fur
3. Eat and Drop
200
A parent has a certain trait, but none of the offspring have that trait. Where did that trait come from?
The environment.
200
What are adaptations?
Body parts that help you survive and reproduce
200
The Whooly Mammoth used to be a great creature that roamed around the world for thousands of years, but then they went extinct. Explain what happened.
The Earth too warm for the Mammoths, and they couldn't survive anymore.
200
What does metamorphosis mean? Give an example of an animal going through metamorphosis.
When an animal gets and loses body parts. Amphibians and insects go through metamorphosis.
300
Below are definitions for key vocabulary. Write down the vocabulary for those definitions.
1. A plant "hatching" from a seed
2. A plant beginning to grow.
3. A plant that is ready to reproduce.
4. A seed going to a new place
1. Sprouting
2. Seedling
3. Mature Plant
4. Seed Dispersal
300
Two offspring plants are located in the same environment, with the same water, sunlight, and soil acid. One day, they begin to shw different rose colors and leaf shapes. Is this variation inherited or environmental, and how do you know?
Inherited because they have the same environment.
300
There are two plants in the same environment. Plant A has some thorns, brightly purple flowers, and a sweet smell. Plant B has no thorns, gray-ish purple flowers, and a less sweet smell. Which flower will will survive and reproduce better, and how do you know?
Plant A will survive better because of its thorns to protect predators and their bright color/sweet smell will attract pollinators.
300
Ancient plant fossils were found in Texas. These plant fossils had long flexible stem with no thorns, many small leaves grouped together, and a waxy coating for everything. How did texas used to look like millions of years ago?
Texas used to be underwater.
300
A group of scientists observed a group of newborn hares for a case study. They notice the following details: the hares were born in the spring, the hares had either brown or gray fur, they ate the same food and traveled together. The scientists left and came back during the winter, but they noticed the hares now had white fur. How do hares get their fur color?
Hares change their color by the seasons. When it's winter, it's white. When it's summer, it's brown
400
Describe with exact detail, how a plant gets ready, begins, and finishes adulthood/reproduction. Use transition words like first, next, last, to help you.
"1. Flower grows
2. Flower gets pollinated
3. Flower turns into a fruit
4. Fruit disperses seeds."
400
A hydrangea plant has many different colors, depending on their conditions. If their parents have white pedals, then the offspring will be white no matter what. Other hydrangea are different. If their parents are blue, they will have blue offspring. If their parents are purple, they will have purple offspring. If the soil is has too much acid, then those offsprings can turn bright pink.
Which colors are inherited? Which colors are environmental?
1. White - inherited
2. Blue - inherited
3. Purple - inherited
4. Bright Pink - environmental
400
A plant needs to survive at the bottom of a rainforest floor. What four adaptations can help them survive?
1. Waxy Coating
2. Wide Leaves
3. Climbing vine/tall stem
4. Shallow roots
400
Australia is a dry and hot climate, where bugs like termites love to live. As such, small creatures like bilbies eat these types of bugs, along with roaches, worms, small reptiles, and fruits if there are any. Unfortunately, Australia's climate has been getting drier and less termites are able to survive. What will happen to the bilbies and explain how you know.
The bilbie population will stay the same because they still have other food resources.
400
This animal has claws, but not for burrowing. They have thick oily fur, and a long strong tail that acts like another arm. They are light weight, meaning they aren't heavy and so, can be great climbers. What biome do they belong in, and how do you know?
Rainforest
500
A greenhouse to a closed environment, meaning that there are no outside animals or outside weather conditions (rain, wind, etc). You are in charge of growing seeds and making sure that they produce fruit. Make a list of steps - detailing what to do.
1. Make sure the plant has water, soil, and sunlight.
2. When the plant produces flowers, pollinate them with a tool (like a paintbrush)
3. Pluck the fruit off and plant them.
500
You are in charge of a strawberry field, which can be up to 8,000 square feet (1.5 football fields). You notice that some strawberries produce bright red fruit, but some produce gray strawberries or none at all. Since you're in charge, you have to make a plan to find out of this variation is inherited or environmental. How will you find out?
1. check to see if the whole field has the same environment conditions (same water, same soil type, same sunlight).
If they are all the same, then it's inherited. If one factor is different, then it's environmental.
500
You are in charge of farming different types of pumpkins that have different types of traits. Some have thicker and rigid stems, but some have thinner and flexible ones. Some grow up to be really big, but some grow up to be really small. As a farmer, how can you find out which traits are better? Think big picture and explain step-by-step
Which ever traits have the most offspring means they are the better one.
500
Pandas are no longer considered endangered animals by the science community as of this year (literally). Describe three actions you think scientists and animal conservation groups did to make sure their environment was safe.
1. Make sure they had enough natural food
2. Make sure they had no predators.
3. Made sure their climates stayed the same
4. Took care of their babies and mothers
500
Taiga/Tundra