Life Cycles of Plants
What do flowering plants produce?
Seeds.
What type of animals are vertebrates?
Animals with a backbone.
What is the main pigment in leaves that helps with photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll.
What is the first source of energy in a food chain?
The Sun.
What is the term for the process of change from a caterpillar to a butterfly?
Complete metamorphosis.
Name a type of non-flowering plant that produces pores.
Ferns or moss.
What is one example of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis?
Butterfly or beetle.
What gas do plants take in for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide.
What do we call plants in a food chain?
Producers.
What do you call the part of the plant that absorbs water and nutrients?
Roots.
What structure do conifers produce?
Cones.
Name one animal in Florida that is a carnivore.
Alligator or panther.
What do plants need from the sun for photosynthesis?
Light Energy.
What do we call animals that eat plants?
Herbivores.
What is the main function of leaves on a plant?
Photosynthesis.
How do plants obtain energy?
Through photosynthesis.
What is the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis?
Complete metamorphosis has four stages; incomplete has three stages.
Besides sunlight, name one other ingredient plants need to make food.
Water or carbon dioxide.
What type of animal eats both plants and animals?
Omnivores.
What do we call the process by which energy flows from plants to animals in an ecosystem?
Food chain.
What are the two main types of plants based on how they reproduce?
Flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Give an example of a Florida insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis.
Grasshopper or cockroach.
What is the sugar produced during photosynthesis called?
Glucose.
What role do decomposers play in a food chain?
They break down dead organic material.
What is the main product of photosynthesis that plants store for energy?
Sugar.