Life Cycle Misc.
The stages a living thing goes through to grow and change physically
Life cycle
What is the first stage of a tree/flowering plant's life cycle?
Seed
What is the first stage of a butterfly life cycle?
Egg
What is the first stage of a frog life cycle?
Egg
What are Eye color, Height, Hair color, Ear Shape examples of?
An inherited trait
How are tadpoles and caterpillars alike?
They both hatch from eggs
What comes after the "seed" stage of the flowering plant life cycle?
Germination
How do animals like bees and insects help flowers reproduce?
When they go to a flower to get food, they can carry pollen from one flower to another; for self-pollinating flowers, insects move pollen to the parts of the flower that needs it; the pollen fertilizes egg cells within flowers to make seeds
How do insects, birds and fish reproduce?
By mating with another of their kind and laying eggs
Can an inherited trait be passed from sibling to sibling?
No, they must come from the parent
What do all life cycles (animal AND plant) have in common?
Birth, Growth, Reproduction, Death
What stage of the flowering plant life cycles comes after germination?
Seedling/young plant
What is another word for chrysalis? What is another word for the caterpillar stage in a butterfly's life cycle? (two answers)
Pupa; Larva
What species of animal lives in water when it is a young and on land when it grows up?
Amphibians
What are features of living organisms such as plants and animals called
Traits
Into what two categories can plants/plant life cycles be categorized?
Vegetables and fruit
What two stages of the plant's life cycle comes after the seedling/growth stage?
Adult/mature plant; pollination/reproduction
What happens when a caterpillar wraps itself into a chrysalis?
It undergoes metamorphosis
What are the stages in ALL animal life cycles?
Birth, Growth, Reproduction, Death
A lion cub's ability to successfully hunt is an example of a(n) ______________ trait, while a plant's leaf and petal color(s) are an example of a(n)_____________ trait. (two answers)
Acquired; Inherited
Give 3 traits/characteristics of a insect
Goes through metamorphosis, starts off as an egg, & MOST, but not all, can fly
Radishes grow from the ______ of plants.
Roots
Name the stages of the butterfly life cycle in the correct order.
1. Egg 2. Caterpillar (Larva) 3. Cocoon/Chrysalis (Pupa stage) 4. Butterfly
What group(s) of organisms undergo the process of metamorphosis?
Insects
Bonus: Fish, amphibians
Yes