| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How is the egg stage helpful to a turtle's life cycle? | The turtle has a safe place to grow and develop. |
| Describe two ways in which a plant can be pollinated. | Animals can carry pollen, or the wind can blow pollen from plant to plant |
| What is the main difference between inherited and leaned traits? | We get inherited traits from our parents, such as eye color. We learn how to do learned traits, such as play a piano. |
| How do these inherited and learned traits make you unique? | I am unique because I have brown eyes, which is an inherited trait. I am also a good basketball player, which is a learned trait. |
| How could the insect population of an area have an effect on the growth of plants and flowers? | If the area is overpopulated with insects ( there are too many insects ), it could reduce the plant population (fewer plants). |
| traits | features of living things |
| seed | a structure a new plant comes from to grow |
| pupa | the stage in an insect's life between larva and adult |
| pollination | the process of moving pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part of a flower |
| metamorphosis | a process through which an organism's body changes form |
| life cycle | the stages in an organism's life that show how a certain kind of organism grows, changes, and reproduces |
| larva | When an insect hatches, it called a _________. |
| inherited traits | traits passed down from parents to their children |
| heredity | (the process of) passing traits from parents to young |
| cones | where seeds are produced for conifers |
| germination | the process of a seed being planted in the soil and beginning to grow |
| learned trait | things we learn to do like reading a book |
| offspring | another name for an organism's young |
| life stages | the steps of an organism's life cycle |
