Plant Parts & Functions
What plant part absorbs water and nutrients from the soil?
Roots
Plants use sunlight to make their own food. What is this process called?
Photosynthesis
What is the name for organisms that make their own food?
Producers
Name two basic things animals need to survive.
Food, water, shelter, or protection
What is the name for the stages an organism goes through as it grows?
Life cycle
Which plant part makes food using sunlight?
Leaves
Name three things plants need to make food.
Sunlight, water, or carbon dioxide
Animals that eat plants are called what?
Herbivores
What type of adaptation is a bird flying south for the winter?
Behavioral adaptation
What is the name for a major change in body form during development?
Metamorphosis
Which plant part helps carry water from the roots to the leaves?
Stem
During photosynthesis, plants make sugar for food and release what gas into the air?
Oxygen
In the food chain
plant → grasshopper → frog → snake
what animal is the grasshopper's predator?
Frog
What type of adaptation is a polar bear’s thick fur?
Structural adaptation
Name the four stages of complete metamorphosis.
Egg → Larva → Pupa → Adult
Which plant part produces seeds and is often colorful to attract pollinators?
Flower
Name all three things (products) plants create during photosynthesis.
Oxygen and Sugar (Glucose)
If all plants disappeared from a food chain, what would happen to the animals?
They would lose their food source and many would die.
What type of adaptation helps animals survive through internal body processes (like hibernation or poison)?
Physiological adaptation
What stage comes after the egg in incomplete metamorphosis?
Nymph