Plant Reproduction
This sweet, sugary liquid is produced by flowers to attract bees, butterflies, and birds to visit.
Nectar
This organelle allows plants to capture light energy for photosynthesis.
What is chloroplast?
This term describes an animal that primarily eats plants to gain energy for reproduction.
What are Herbivores?
A male peacock displaying its vibrant tail feathers is an example of this type of "showing off" behavior.
What is Courtship/Display?
This term refers to the death rate within a population, which animals try to lower through protective behaviors.
What is mortality?
These colorful, often scented leaf-like structures are a plant's primary "billboard" to attract pollinators.
What is the Petals?
The stomata on the underside of leaves allow the plant to "breathe" this gas.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
These are physical traits, like a giraffe's long neck, that help an organism survive in its specific environment.
What are adaptations?
Many bird species perform these specific "dances" or songs to ensure they attract a mate of the correct species.
What is ritual?
This describes a population that is packed closely together, increasing the chances of finding a mate.
What is dense?
This is the process by which pollen is transferred from the male anther to the female stigma.
What is Pollination?
The process which plants make their own food from sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
This type of reproduction results in an offspring with a combination of the parents' genes.
What is sexual reproduction?
This is a behavior that an animal inherits from its parents.
What is an instinct?
When a group of animals works together to ward off a predator, they are using this "strength in numbers" strategy.
What is collective defense?
To avoid competing with parent plants for sunlight, some seeds have "wings" or "parachutes" for this wind-based process.
What is seed dispersal?
Name 3 ways seeds can travel.
What are water, wind, animals/humans?
These chemical messengers are released by animals to signal to others that they are ready to mate.
What is Pheromones?
Birds building better nests over time is an example of __________.
What is learned behavior?
his word describes how close organisms are to one another; high levels of this can make it easier to transfer pollen or find mates.
What is proximity?
This specialized plant structure develops after fertilization and often tastes good so animals will eat it and drop seeds elsewhere.
What is Fruit?
While genetic factors determine a plant's potential, these three external factors—including light, water, and soil nutrients—are the primary causes of whether a plant actually survives.
What is environmental effects?
This is the primary "instruction manual" found in cells that determines which physical traits an animal will inherit.
What is DNA?
This is the term for behaviors where parents protect their young to increase the chance of offspring survival.
Nesting/Protective
In a large nesting area, this is a smaller, distinct group of organisms that live and reproduce close to each other.
What is a subcolony?