OCTOBER
Flannel and denim come from what plant?
the cotton plant
What is an invertebrate?
an animal without a backbone
(n.) the science or study of living things and their environment
ecology
TRUE or FALSE: Deciduous and tropical rain forests both have a canopy, an understory and a floor.
TRUE
A _________ is something in an environment that causes a living thing to respond.
stimulus
Distinguish the difference between a tap root and a fibrous root.
A tap root is one large root, while a fibrous root is a group of smaller roots.
Give 3 examples of amphibians.
1. frogs
2. toads
3. salamanders
What is one similarity between an ecosystem and a habitat?
Both include living and nonliving things.
How are consumers classified?
by the kinds of food they eat
What is a tropism?
the response of a plant to something in its environment
During photosynthesis, inside the __________, chlorophyll collects the light energy.
chloroplasts
When one side of the animal matches up exactly with the other side, that animal has_________________?
symmetry
What are 3 examples of biotic factors?
1. animals
2. plants
3. bacteria
What is the similarity between producers and consumers?
both provide decomposers with energy
Which scientist did tests to discover what causes a tropism?
Charles Darwin
Oxygen is a part of the photosynthesis process as a what?
waste product
What are the 3 classes of fish that are vertebrates?
1. jawless fish
2. cartilaginous fish
3. bony fish
Name the 4 stages of complete metamorphosis.
1. egg
2. larva
3. pupa
4. adult
What does a food web show?
how the food chains within an ecosystem are connected
Name 3 different things that could be a plant stimulus.
1. light
2. water
3. gravity
Explain how seeds and spores are similar to each other.
Both are used to reproduce new plants.
Why do we classify clams and oysters as similar to each other?
A. They both are sponges.
B. They both are mollusks.
C. They both are echinoderms.
B. They both are mollusks.
(n.) a type of asexual reproduction in which a new organism is formed from a detached or split-off part of the parent organism
regeneration
Name the 3 groups of consumers.
1. herbivores
2. carnivores
3. omnivores
What kinds of adaptations does a cactus have?
It has soft tissue that holds water, and it also has a thick, waxy cover to keep the water inside.