Vocabulary | ||
#1 | What covers and protects the flower bud before the flower opens? | sepals |
#2 | What is the underground stem that stores food called? | bulb |
#3 | What is a behavior that is inherited? | instinct |
#4 | What is something that causes a reaction in a living thing? | stimulus |
#5 | What is it called when you receive characteristics from an organism's parents? | inherit |
Flowers | ||
#1 | What do the petals of a flower protect? | The part of the flower that makes seeds. |
#2 | The pistil part of the flower produces what? | egg cells |
#3 | The life cycle of both flowering and non-flowering plants must include what? | pollination |
#4 | Why do flowers produce nectar? | When animals feed on the nectar, pollen rubs off onto their body and they carry it to other flowers in order to pollinate them. |
#5 | What part of a flower surrounds the pistil and produces pollen? | stamen |
Adaptations & Behaviors | ||
#1 | Name 3 examples of animal behaviors? | migration, protection, and hibernation |
#2 | What adaptation helps a plant in the desert survive? | waxy leaves |
#3 | What adaptations does a bird have to eat nectar from plants? | wings and/or beak |
#4 | Why might a Burdock seed have spikes on the seed cover? | It's an adaptation to help it survive/pollinate |
#5 | Why might a flower look like another insect? | It's an adaptation to attract other insects. |
Plants | ||
#1 | What are the two ways scientists classify plants? | How they transport nutrients and reproduce |
#2 | Plants make sugar (food) through what process? | photosynthesis |
#3 | In the process of photosynthesis, what does it absorb and give off as a waste product? | Carbon dioxide and oxygen |
#4 | What is the substance in plants that makes their parts green and captures energy from sunlight? | chlorophyll |
#5 | What two things do plants need to live, grow, and reproduce? | sunlight and water |
Learned vs. Instinct vs. Inherited vs. Stimulus | ||
#1 | A student speaks Chinese | learned |
#2 | An animal stays away from a skunk | learned |
#3 | Sea stars suck in cold water during high tide | instinct |
#4 | The box turtle is hiding in its shell | stimulus |
#5 | Your blond hair | inherited |
Final Question | |