Adaptations
What is an adaptation?
Changes that keep animals and plants alive.
What are animals that have a backbone called?
Vertebrates
What is the male and female part of flowers called?
Stamen-male
Pistol-female
What does an animal and plant life cycles begin with?
A Seed-plant
An egg-animal
Give 4 examples of precipitation
rain, sleet, snow and hail
Name 3 physical animal adaptations and how they help them survive.
Any example that aids in animal survival: ears, legs, feet, fur, etc...
Name 3 characteristics of a reptile.
Vertebrates, dry scaly skin, lay eggs, cold blooded
What adaptation does a plant in the desert and rainforest have to survive?
Desert-spikes or needles, shallow roots, roots that spread out on top of soil.
Rainforest-tall, deep roots, wide leaves
What is a nymph in incomplete metamorphosis?
Small version of the adult
What can cause snow?
Below 32 F or 0 C
High elevations
Name and describe 2 behavioral adaptations.
hibernation, migration, form groups, mimicry
Name 3 animal that are reptiles.
snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles
What is the difference between a gymnosperm (conifers) plant and ferns?
gymnosperms: Pine Trees-cones have seeds
Ferns-spores under leaves
What are 4 stages of a frog life cycle?
egg, tadpole, froglet, adult
What type of weather do you get with high and low pressure?
High-sunny and dry
Low-rainy cloudy
What is a plant adaptation for the desert, ocean, and rainforest?
desert-prickly thorns, short, spread out roots
ocean-bendable plants, floating plants and seeds
rainforest-tall trees, large leaves
Name 3 characteristics and examples of mammals.
Live birth, feed mild to young, have fur or hair
humans, horses, cats, dogs, whales, primates, goats
What do we call plants with flowers and how do they reproduce?
Angiosperms-seeds
What is complete metamorphosis and give 1 example.
has four stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult) with drastic changes, like butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, bees
Compare and contrast coastal and inland weather.
Coastal-mild temperatures-warmer in winter and cooler in summers
Inland- colder winters and hotter summers-more drastic temperature changes
What are 4 ways plants seeds are dispersed for reproduction?
wind-fly, float, stick onto things, gravity pulls fruit to ground, heat opens up plant and seeds fall out.
Name 3 characteristics and animals that are amphibians.
wet skin, cold blooded, webbed feet, lay eggs
frogs, alligators, newts, salamanders
Name 4 pollinators that aid in plant reproduction
bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, animals, wind, rain
What is incomplete metamorphosis and what is 1 examples?
The incomplete metamorphosis occurs through three stages: egg, nymph, and adult. The pupa stage is not developed during incomplete metamorphosis. grasshoppers, dragonflies, insects
Name 4 cloud types and the type of weather they bring.
Stratus-rain
cumulus-sunny
cumulonimbus-storm-hail
cirrus-fair weather-changes