Life Cycles and Adaptations

What is an adaptation?

• The process of change that happens on earth
• A trait or behavior that helps an organism survive
• Any feature on an animal
• Surviving, then passing along helpful traits to the offspring

The life cycle of a plant begins with a 

• flower
• root
• seed
• fruit

What is an adaptation of Arctic plants?

• Plant grows slowly during the growing season
• They never grow near other plants
• They are very large
• They have shallow (near the surface) roots

The order of the stages of complete metamorphosis are:

• egg, pupa, adult
• egg, nymph, adult
• larva, nymph, adult
• egg, larva, pupa, adult

Describe the habitat (home) of the arctic hare.

• The don't have to work hard to find food
• The ground thaws out for 6 months every year
• The ground is frozen at least 8 months of the year
• It is warm most months of the year

Why do birds migrate?

• to find a mate
• to find food
• to learn about snow
• to learn to fly

What shape does a flock of geese make when they fly in the sky?

• V formation
• X formation
• a nest shape
• a circle shape

What is natural selection?

• When some organisms are better able to live and reproduce because of their traits
• When some organisms live better because they are hunted by other animals
• When predators are unable to live
• When prey species are unable to live

The fruit is the part of the plant that has

• leaves
• flowers
• seeds
• stems

How is the arctic wolf adapted for the arctic?

• It lives alone
• It is white for camouflage
• It has one coat of fur
• It eats grass and shrubs