Life Cycles of Plants
What is the purpose of the petals on a flower?
attract pollinators
True or False: Reptiles, like sea turtles, lay eggs.
True
What is a life cycle?
A series of stages a living thing goes through in it's life
What is pupa?
stage between larva and adult
What is one way that fruits help plants reproduce?
they attract animals to eat them or they protect the seeds
True or False: Mammals, like the Florida Panther, give birth to live young.
true
What is a sepal?
a leaf-like part of a plant that protects the flower until its ready to bloom
What is larva?
a young, wingless insect
What are the stages of a flowering fruit tree?
seed, seedling, flowering tree, adult tree, fruit
a nymph
What is a stamen?
the male part of the flower. it makes pollen
What is fertilization?
the process of pollen and egg meeting to create a new fertilized cell that turns into an embryo
How do non-flowering plants, such as pine trees, reproduce?
they produce cones
List the stages of complete metamorphosis, like a butterfly's life cycle.
egg, larva, pupa, adult
What does disperse mean?
to spread out
What is a complete metamorphosis?
When the baby looks nothing like the adult
What would happen if the stamens were removed from a flower?
the flower will not produce sperm cells
List the stages of incomplete metamorphosis, like a grasshopper's life cycle.
egg, nymph (which molts a few times), adult
What is germination?
the growth of a seed into a young plant or seedling
What is an incomplete metamorphosis?
The baby looks like a miniature adult