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Plant Life Cycles
Animal Life Cycles
Adaptations
Behaviors
Potpourri
100
In which part of its cycle do flower plants look most alike to all other flowers?
When they are a seed?
100
How do you know when a frog is officially an adult?
What is when it no longer has a tail and has 4 fully-grown legs?
100
____________________ help living things survive in their environments.
What are adaptations?
100
___________________________ is when a living thing copies the appearance of another in order to survive.
What is mimicry?
100
This is an orderly sequence of changes as a living thing gets older.
What is a life cycle?
200
A seed ______________________________ when it breaks open and a small plant starts to grow out of it.
germinates
200
Name the 4 stages of a frog's life cycle.
What is egg (mass), tadpole, froglet with tail and growing limbs, adult frog?
200
Give one example of a plant adaptation that would help it survive.
(Will vary)
200
When animals travel long distances at the same time each year, it is called ___________________________________.
What is migration?
200
Define instinct.
What is something an animal knows from the moment it's born.
300
Name the 4 stages of an average plant life cycle.
What is seed, seedling, adult (flower), fruit?
300
Animals inherit _________________ from their parents that determine what they look like.
What are traits?
300
Give one example of an animal adaptation that would help it survive.
(Will vary)
300
DAILY DOUBLE
A sleeplike state that some animals go into for winter where their body slows down to save energy is called ____________________________ .
300
A ____________________________________ is something a creature must be taught, either through an experience or watching an adult.
What is a learned behavior?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
Why do plants have to be pollinated?
400
When all 4 stages of an insect's life cycle look very different, it is called this.
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
400
Frogs have sticky tongues. How is this an adaptation that would help them survive?
It helps them catch their prey.
400
When an animal uses its shape, size, or patterns on its coat to blend in with its surroundings, it's called _______________________.
What is camouflage?
400
Ferns use _________________ to reproduce.
What are spores?
500
Name a part that a plant must have to reproduce if it does not just use flowers and seeds.
What is a cone or spores?
500
Name one insect we studied in class that goes through complete metamorphosis.
What is a ladybug?
500
____________________ adaptations are special body features that help a plant or animal survive.
What are structural adaptations?
500
Name an example of a creature we discussed in class that uses mimicry to keep itself safe.
What is a viceroy butterfly?
500
An animal's ___________________ and ________________ slow down when it hibernates.
What are heartbeat and breathing?