Plants and Animals Study Guide

The ________________ of a living thing is the stages it goes through in life.

• adaptation

• life cycle

• behavior

• instinct

An ___________ is a behavior an animal is born with.

• instinct

• learned behavior

• adaptation

• hibernation

_____________________ is the name for the major changes in an animal’s appearance during the life cycle.

• reproduction

• life cycle

• behavior

• metamorphosis

________________ is a deep, sleep-like state in which normal body activities slow down.

• bears

• migrate

• hibernation

• nap time

A ___________ holds seeds.

• tree

• cone

• leaf

• flower

If you are going to make a graph of the changes in a plant’s height, you should do it ____________ reading some of the data.

• during

• after

• before

• never

Pitch plants have leaves that look like water pitchers to catch _______ to ___________.

• insects to digest

• digest to insects

• animals to lick

• fish to eat

Searching for food is part of a lion’s ___________ that is an ____________.

• routine

• habit

• instinct

• behavior

The differences among puppies of the same litter are caused by the _______________ with two parents.

• reproduction

• migrate

• metamorphosis

• instinct

The spine on a hedgehog scare ____________ away. This is an example of _______________.

• prey, mimicry

• predators, hibernation

• predators, mimicry

• prey, hibernation