Classify Plants
What are some of the structures and characteristics we can use to classify plants?
Size, shape, color, flowers or no flowers, roots, stems, and cones.
What are the stages of the life cycle of a typical plant?
Seed, seedling, young plant, adult plant
Define the word trait.
A characteristic passed on to a living thing from its parents.
What is the life cycle of an animal?
Birth, growth, reproduction, death
Why do all plants not have the same kinds of leaves, roots, stems, or cones?
Plants need different structures to survive in different environments.
How is the life cycle of a flowering plant different than the life cycle of a conifer?
Flowering plants produce seeds in flowers and conifers produce seeds in cones.
What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?
A vertebrate has a backbone.
Define metamorphosis.
A change in form, as they grow
What is a flowering plant?
A plant that produces flowers with seeds.
Describe the life cycle of a sun flower.
Germination, growth and development, reproduction, the plant dies
How do bones help animals?
Bones support the animal’s body and help it grow.
What happens when a cockroach molts?
It sheds its outer covering and becomes soft and white. Then its body darkens and hardens. The roach keeps molting until it is an adult.
What are deciduous trees?
Trees that lose their leaves in fall and re-grow them in the spring.
What is true about plant life cycles?
Plants reproduce (or create new plants) in different ways.
Name the five groups of vertebrates.
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
What is a nymph?
A nymph is a state some organisms go through after they hatch from eggs.
How do spores help a plant survive in its environment?
Spores produce new plants from small cells.
What is a life cycle?
A life cycle is the various stages an organism passes through as it grows, matures, then dies.
Name the four groups of invertebrates.
Sea jellies, worms, mollusks, and arthropods
What is an incomplete metamorphosis?
An animal's appearance doesn’t change much as it grows. - continuous molting