Plant/Animal Life Cycles
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- organisms
- any living thing
- metamorphosis
- a chnage in body structure which takes place during the life cycle of the organism
- characteristic/trait
- a distinguishing feature or quality
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inherited traits
*** - to receive certain characteristics passed down from parent to offspring
- migration
- to move to another location with the change of season
- germination
- to begin to develop
- generation
- the time period in which an organism is born, grows, develops and dies
- chlorophyll
- a green material in plants that captures energy from sunlight for making food
- name 3 science tools and what they are used for
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magnifying glass - closely observe objects
ruler - measure growth & compare sizes of things
tweezers -handle small objects - name 3 ways pollen is transferred from plant to plant
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wind
water
animals (honeybees) -
explain process of photosynthesis
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plants use sunlight, water, carbon dioxide cholrophyll to make food.
takes in:
water - roots
carbon dioxide - leaves
sun's energy absorbed by chlorophyll in leaves
food produced in leaves,then transported to all parts of plant
OXYGEN is given off by plant.
without leaves-plant couldn't make its own food and would die. -
name some inherited traits
*** - eye color, hair color, height, foot size skin color
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name some non-inherited traits
*** - favorite clothes, length of hair, weight, what one likes to eat
- characteristics of mammals and examples
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have fur/hair
most live on land
use lungs to breathe
warm-blooded
control their body temp.
most have live births
examples: humans,mice,dogs,cats,horses - name the function of the parts of the plant structure
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roots - absorb water
stems-carry water/minerals to all parts of plant
leaves - make food
flowers - produce seeds
seed pods/fruit -protect/transport seeds - tell how plants and animals are different
- plants make their own food - animals don't.
- tell how plants and animals are alike
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both living organisms
both grow & develop
both produce new generation of offspring
both need air, water, light -
explain why some animals migrate
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it is an animal instinct.
help animal survive.
lets them live in place with a better climate-more food.