Plant Life Cycle
Animal Life Cycle
Traits & Variations
Environment & Traits
Helpful & Harmful Traits
100

True or False: All plants make flowers as part of their life cycle.

False

100

What is the series of stages in an organism’s life called?

a life cycle

100

What is the term used to describe a young organism from a parent?

offspring

100

True or False: The living things in an ecosystem interact with the nonliving things.

true

100

What term describes something that helps to make an organism better or more likely to succeed?

advantage

200

A young plant is protected by a until conditions are right for it to grow.

Seed

200

What is the name of a series of steps that frogs and butterflies go through to change form?

metamorphosis

200

What is an example of something a young oak tree inherits from its parent tree?

Possible answers: brown bark, roots that grow down, green leaves

200

What term describes a group of a single type of organism living in the same place at the same time?

population

200

Are the spines on a cactus in a desert a helpful or harmful trait?

They are a helpful trait. The spines help protect the cactus from animals seeking water and food.

300

Describe germination.

When a seeds starts to grow

300

What stage occurs between being young and an adult?

adolescence 

300

True or False: Traits are only physical features of an organism.

False, traits can also be behavioral.

300

How does a cactus survive in a desert with little water?

The cactus stores water inside for when there is little water in the desert.

300

What is the ultimate reason organisms have helpful traits?

to survive

400

What three things does a plant need to germinate?

light, water, heat

400

How is a chicken egg like a plant seed?

Both the eggshell and seed protect the young organism until it is ready to grow.

400

What did Gregor Mendel notice when he studied a lot of pea plants?

Sample answer: He noticed that the plants had different traits and had patterns of inheritance that could be documented.

400

What is the difference between an ecosystem and an environment?

An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in the same place. An environment is only the area where something lives.

400

What term describes a color or pattern that helps an organism survive in its environment?

camouflage

500

What are the stages in a plant life cycle?

germination, growth, reproduction, death

500

How does the life cycle of a frog differ from the life cycle of a chicken or mouse?

A young frog [tadpole] develops legs after it is born and loses a tail. The other two animals have all their body parts when they are born.

500

How would you describe how two sibling ducks could have two different patterns of feather color?

Each sibling inherits some different traits from its parents.

500

How is it an advantage for the fur on some foxes to change to white when winter comes?

because with white fur they can blend in with the snow to hunt for food and to hide from animals that would eat them.

500

What might happen to an organism if its environment changes?

The animal could become extinct if it cannot respond quickly enough to the changes in the environment. The animal could change enough to survive, and over generations it could become fit to live in the new habitat.