Science Unit 8 Life Cycles Part 1

The series of changes in the life of an organism including reproduction is called the ____________________ of the organism.

• seed

• life cycle

• flower

• identify

An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form is called ___________________________.

• a fruit

• a seed

• a life cycle

• an organism

_______________ means to know and say who someone is or what something is.

• Identify

• Organism

• Life cycle

• Fruit

_________________________ means to examine or look for the differences between persons or things.

• Identify

• Compare

• Flower

• Life cycle

A ________________________ is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering.

• Fruit

• Flower

• Seed

• Seedling

A young plant raised from seed is called a _____________________.

• Seed

• Seedling

• Fruit

• Flower

The __________________________ is the seed-bearing part of a plant that consists of reproductive organs that are typically surrounded by brightly colored petals.

• Seed

• Seedling

• Flower

• Fruit

A ___________________ is the fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

• Seed

• Seedling

• Flower

• Fruit

When acorns from an oak tree are dropped into the soil, they first grow into ____________________________.

• seedling oak trees

• mature maple trees

• fig trees with ripe fruit

• bright colored flowers

The life cycle of a tomato plant continues after it has become an adult plant when ____________________________________.

• humans and animals eat the ripe tomatoes for lunch

• the leaves of the adult plant are eaten by insects

• ripe tomatoes from the tomato plant drop to the ground and decay to release seeds

• the tomatoes are picked by a farmer, cleaned, and transported to the local grocery store