Plant Life Cycles
Animal Life Cycles
Helpful or Harmful Traits
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T/F All plants make flowers as part of their life cycle

False
100

What is the series of stages in an organism's life called?

A life cycle

100

Are the spines on a cactus in a desert a helpful or harmful trait? Explain. 

Helpful. The spines protect the cactus from animals seeking water or food. 

100

What is the term used to describe a young organism from a parent?

offspring

200

A young plant is protected by a ________ until conditions are right for it to grow

seed

200

What is the name of a series of steps that frogs and butterflies go through to change form?

Metamorphosis

200

Why do organisms have helpful traits?

To help them survive.

200

T/F The environment can affect an organism's physical traits. 

True

300

The first stage of a plant growth process when a seed begins to grow is called what?

Germination

300

What stage occurs between being young and an adult?

Adolescence

300

What term describes a color or pattern that helps an organism survive in its environment?

camouflage 

300

Spores are tiny structures on what type of plants?

Flowerless plants

400

What 3 things does a plant need to germinate?

Light, water, heat
400

How is a chicken egg like a plant seed?

Both the eggshell and the seed protect the young organism until it is ready to grow.

400
How is it an advantage for the fur on some foxes to change to white when winter comes?

With white fur, foxes can blend in with the snow to hunt for food and hide from animals that would eat them. 

400

What is the last stage in all organism's life cycles?

Death

500

What are the stages in a fern life cycle?

Spores, growth, reproduction, death

500

How does the life cycle of a frog differ from the life cycle of a chicken or mouse?

A young frog (tadpole) develops legs after it is born and loses a tail. The other two animals have all their body parts when they are born.

500

Traits that are harmful to an organism are a __________? (Advantage or disadvantage)

Disadvantage

500

True or False: Ferns are flowerless plants.

True