Adaptations & Life Cycles

What important function do the bright colored petals of the Dahlia provide?

• They attract bees that help pollinate the plants.

• They encourage people to pick them.

• They reflect the light helping it to retain more water.

• They help transfer energy in the food chain.

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The life cycle of a flowering plant starts again when a mature plant produces?

• Leaves

• Roots

• Seeds

• Petals

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Select all the adaptations that help the arctic hare live in its environment. Select all that Apply.

• Tall, muscular hind legs that allow it to jump further in the snow.

• Short ears to warm themselves more efficiently

• Brown color to stand out in the snow.

• Long claws to help it burrow in the snow to find food.

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How are adult plants and animals similar?

• Both can make their own food.

• Both have a larva stage.

• Both can produce offspring.

• Both have at least two legs.

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Use the picture of the ladybug lifecycle to place the life cycle of the ladybug in the correct order.

• Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult Ladybug, Young Ladybug

• Egg, Larva, Pupa, Young Ladybug, Adult Ladybug

• Egg, Adult Ladybug, Young Ladybug, Pupa, Larva

• Adult Ladybug, Egg, Young Ladybug, Larva, Pupa

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The lion lives in the thick grasslands and open woodlands. It has sharp teeth and claws that help it catch its prey. What other adaptations help it survive in its environment? Select all that Apply.

• The skin color of the lion camouflages with the yellow color of the grass. This helps them to catch their prey.

• They have sharp eyesight to see their prey at night.

• Lions have manes to help protect them from the cold and snow of the grasslands.

• They have strong leg muscles which help them to run very fast to catch their prey.

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How are the life cycle of a tomato plant an a ladybug similar? Select all that Apply.

• The life cycles both begin with a seed.

• The tomato and the ladybug both grow and reproduce.

• They both are able to move around.

• They both need air and water to survive.

The stages of an organisms life are known as its

• life cycle

• polination

• heredity

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How are birds, reptiles, and fish alike?

• They all begin as eggs

• The all have legs

• They all breathe through lungs

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A seed is a structure that can grow into a plant.

• True

• False

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