Animal and Plant Reproduction

The passing of genes onto the next generation in a way that they too can pass those genes on.

• Mating

• Successful Reproduction

• Courtship

• Offspring

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The pairing of an adult male and female for sexual reproduction

• Successful Reproduction

• Offspring

• Mating

• Courtship Behavior

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

The behavior of animals aimed at attracting a mate.

• Mating

• Cooperative Behavior

• Courtship Behavior

• Parental Care

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Animals live and work together to increase chances for surviving and reproducing

• Mating

• Cooperative Behavior

• Courtship Behavior

• Parental Care

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Parents care for their offspring until the young animals are independent.

• Mating

• Cooperative Behavior

• Courtship Behavior

• Parental Care

contains pollen in flowering plants

• anther

• filament

• ovary

• stigma

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Contains ovules with egg cells in flowering plants

• anther

• filament

• ovary

• stigma

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What forms into a fruit after fertilization

• anther

• filament

• ovary

• stigma

An animal that comes to eat nectar from the flower, and in the process, moves a flower's pollen to another flower

• pollen

• pollinator

• pollination

• anther

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

When the pollen from a flower moves to another flower of the same species

• cross-pollination

• fertilization

• formation of fruit

• seed dispersal

• germination