"Learning About Plants"
Plant Life
Plant Reproduction
The Human Body
All About Animals
Life Connections
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"Teamwork Makes the Dream Work" Donate 100 points to the team with the least points. If there is a tie, split; if it's your team, keep it.
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What do plants make to protect seeds as they grow?
fruit
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This organ filters waste from the blood?
kidneys
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Which animal breathes in the water, lays eggs, and has scales?
fish
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What do you call a fish with no eyes? *I will count to 3, and THEN your team can say it!
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Plants take in carbon dioxide, which they use to make sugars. The process produces oxygen, which plants release. This gas exchange takes place in the leaves of plants. Humans take in oxygen and produce carbon dioxide as waste. Which human organ is like the leaves of a plant in terms of gas exchange?
lungs
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Use the “Learning About Plants” document FOUND ON TEACHER PAGE on CLEVER to answer the following question:
Which plants observed by the students reproduces using spores instead of seeds?
Southern Wood Fern
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What scenario below does not represent how a plant may respond to temperatures in its environment?
A. Plants produce brightly colored flowers to attract pollinators for reproduction.
B. Dispersed seeds do not germinate until the conditions are right to support growth.
C. Trees will enter dormancy during winter months and will begin new growth in the spring.
D. Pinecones will open and release their seeds after a forest fire to help regrow the forest.
A. Plants produce brightly colored flowers to attract pollinators for reproduction.
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Jamie wanted to grow tomato plants. He placed five seeds in the soil and watered them. A few days later he noticed that the seeds were beginning to break open, and a plant was emerging. What process did Jamie observe?
germination
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This organ shown by the arrow produces bile. Bile helps break down food. What is the organ?
liver
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Well, at least you're safe...
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Alfie grew this sunflower. Its stem supports the leaves and the flower head. What part of a human is the stem most like?
skeleton
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Use the “Learning About Plants” document FOUND ON TEACHER PAGE on CLEVER to answer the following question:
The cone-like structure on the sago palm serves the same function as a flower on a flowering plant. How is the function of the cone similar to the function of a flower?
It helps the plant reproduce.
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The bald cypress tree produces seeds that are protected within cones. This tree is found in Florida swamps where heavy rains create floods. The flood waters spread the cones throughout the swamps. What role do the flood waters play in the life cycle of the bald cypress?
seed dispersal
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Black mangroves are trees found in marshes along the gulf coast of Florida. They produce fruit that covers a single seed. In which stage in the life cycle of a black mangrove is the seed produced?
fertilization
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What happens to the unusable food materials (waste) in the human body during digestion?
They are removed from the body through the large intestine.
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A mosquito goes through complete metamorphosis. In this life cycle which stage comes after the egg stage?
larva
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY: 300 points per purpose...
The human body has a vertebrate. This means that a human has an inner skeleton. A lobster does not have an inner skeleton. A hard, outer shell covers its body. The hard outer shell is called an exoskeleton.
What TWO purposes do both a lobster’s exoskeleton and a human skeleton have?
support and protection
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Use the “Learning About Plants” document FOUND ON TEACHER PAGE on CLEVER to answer the following question:
Which plants do not reproduce using seeds?
Sago Palm (cones), Southern Wood Fern (spores)
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The brightly colored petals of flowering plants attract insects such as bees. The bees help pollinate the plants by picking up pollen. The diagram below shows some of the parts of the flower. In which part of the flower does the bee pick up pollen?
Part D (anther)
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Beverly wants to sign a greeting card for her friend. Which organ sends instructions telling her body how to pick up the pen and sign her name?
brain
400
The Florida Sandhill Crane and the American alligator are different in many ways. However, they are also alike because they both have backbones.
What is another way that the Sandhill Crane and American alligator are alike?
They both lay eggs.
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Frogs are a type of amphibian and humans are a type of mammal that are both vertebrates. While mammals and amphibians have some traits in common, they are also different for many traits.
Which is a major difference between mammals and amphibians?
A. Mammals get oxygen through gills, while amphibians get their oxygen through lungs.
B. Mammals hatch from eggs laid in the water, while amphibians are born alive.
C. Mammals have slimy skin, while amphibians have fur on their skin.
D. Mammals are warm-blooded, while amphibians are cold-blooded.
D. Mammals are warm-blooded, while amphibians are cold-blooded.
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Use the “Learning About Plants” document FOUND ON TEACHER PAGE on CLEVER to answer the following question:
Explain the difference in the appearance of the two skunk vine plants after two weeks.
The skunk vine near the window grew towards the light since light is needed for food production in plants.
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Markum looks at five plants. He classifies a fern, moss, and pine tree in one group. He classifies an apple tree and rose bush in another group. Which characteristics did Markum use to classify the plants?
flowering plants and nonflowering plants
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Rodney found the two plants shown below. Which statement is true about both plants that Rodney found?
Both plants make seeds.
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What is the function of the bladder in the human body?
To store urine
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Some insects go through incomplete metamorphosis, while others go through complete metamorphosis. The life cycle of both butterflies and grasshoppers starts at the same stage. The pictures below show an example of the difference in the life cycle of both organisms. Use this information to answer the question below.
What stage is part of complete metamorphosis, but not incomplete metamorphosis?
pupa
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Human ovaries play an important role in reproduction. Which part of a plant contains structures similar to human ovaries?
flower