Living Organisms: Life Cycles & Adaptations

What is a life cycle?

• The process of grouping living things by similar characteristics.

• The series of stages that living things go through.

• Something that an animal or plant does to help it survive in its environment.

Organisms that are born NOT looking anything like their parents go through metamorphosis.

• True

• False

What is an adaptation?

• A feature of an animal or plant that helps it survive and be successful in its environment.

• A method of obtaining food.

• A way that an animal or plant stays safe from predators.

• A feature that decreases an organism's survival rate.

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What is a physical adaptation?

• Something that a plant or animal DOES to help it survive.

• A type of adaptation that means that an animal can blend in with its environment.

• Something that you can SEE about an animal or plant's body that helps it to survive.

A gecko's colors help it to blend in with the color of the log it rests on. What physical adaptation is this?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Chemical Defense

• Body Part

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What is a behavioral adaptation?

• A type of adaptation that gives you information about the ability of the animal to survive in its environment.

• Something that you can SEE about an animal or plant's body that helps it to survive in its environment.

• Something that an animal or plant DOES to help it survive in its environment.

• When animals act extra happy to see you.

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The first stage of a butterfly's life cycle is

• egg

• pupa

• adult

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These traits are passed down from you parents

• inherited

• environmental

• learned

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What happens when a plant germinates?

• It begins to grow

• It blooms

• It dies

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What animals/insects are good pollinators. Check all that apply.

• bees

• hummingbird

• fish

• alligators

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