Unit 3 - Plants and Animals

Any trait that helps a living thing survive.

• behavior

• adaptation

Anything an organism does.

• behavior

• germinate

When a seed breaks open and a small plant grows out of it.

• germinate

• life cycle

Stages that a living thing passes through as it grows and changes.

• mimicry

• life cycle

Is a major change in the body form of an animal during its life cycle.

• metamorphosis

• pollination

Happens when pollen is moved from the male plant part to the female plant part.

• diversity

• pollination

Make more plants similar to themselves.

• reproduce

• camouflage

Is what makes everyone different from one another.

• mimicry

• diversity

Animals are hidden by their shapes, colors, or patterns.

• camouflage

• mimicry

Imitating the look of another animal.

• behavior

• mimicry