Vocabulary
What is a life cycle?
the stages it goes through
in its life
All animals lay eggs? True or False
False, some animals give birth.
What a plant does that makes more plants like itself?
Reproduce
What is the name of the characteristics that helps a living thing survive?
Adaptation
People go through metamorphosis. True or False
False
What is the name for the major changes in an animal's appearance during the life cycle?
Metamorphosis
What is the second stage of the frog's life cycle?
tadpole
When a plant begins to grow from a seed, it is what stage?
Germination
Which of the following is an adaptation that an animal has for protection against predators?
a) giraffe's long neck
b) a fish's gills
c) porcupine's quills
porcupine's quills
The frog has an incomplete metamorphosis. True or False?
False, it has a complete metamorphosis.
Some harmless animals look
a lot like harmful ones. Which adaptation do the harmless animals have?
mimicry
What is the second stage of the grasshopper's life cycle?
Nymph
All plants make flower. True or False? Explain
False. Pine tree
A horse has teeth that are flat instead of pointed. Which of these does a horse’s teeth help the horse do?
eat grass
List the four stages of the complete metamorphosis life cycles in the correct order.
egg, larva, pupa, adult
Shapes, colors, and patterns help some animals stay hidden. Which of these is the name for this kind of adaptation?
Camouflage
All insects have the same life cycle?
False
What happens when pollen is moved from the male plant part to the female plant part?
Pollination
A giraffe's long neck - used to reach leaves high in trees- is an example of a
physical adaptation
List the correct order of the three stages in an incomplete life cycle
egg, nymph, adult
What is the name for the major changes in an animal's appearance during the life cycle?
Metamorphosis
When the butterfly first came out of the _________, its wings were wet.
chrysalis
What are three ways plant seeds are spread?
wind, water and animals
Which part of this eagle is the adaptation that lets it fly?
its wings
How many stages does an incomplete metamorphosis have?
3 stages