Plant and Animal Reproduction Review

Which part of the plant is the male reproductive structure?

• The eggs

• The Pistil

• The Ovary

• The Stamen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Which of the following is an example of an incomplete metamorphosis?

• A centipede hatching from an egg with as many legs as its parents have

• a young praying mantis developing wings as it becomes an adult

• a newborn horse not being able to walk or run until its several hours old

• a baby bird hatching from an egg and growing feathers a few days later

Bees get food from a flower. Pollen from the flower gets on the bee’s legs. What does the bee’s legs help the flower do?

• collect water

• make roots long

• produce seeds

• pollinate

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Complete metamorphosis and incomplete metamorphosis describe how some insects develop from egg to adult. Which statement correctly describes these life cycles? 

• Incomplete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a nymph before becoming an adult.

• Incomplete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a nymph before becoming a larva.

•  Complete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a pupa before becoming an egg.

• Complete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a pupa before becoming a larva.

Seeds with wing-like structures are most likely to be dispersed in which way?

• Shoot dispersal

• Wind dispersal

• Animal dispersal

• Water dispersal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Beginning with the egg, a student started the flowchart below to show the correct order of the stages in the development of a butterfly. 

egg → → →  

Which of the following lists gives the correct order of the three remaining stages? 

• adult, larva, pupa

• larva, adult, pupa

• larva, pupa, adult

• pupa, larva, adult

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

 The picture shows a process that is important to plants.

What is most likely happening in the picture? 

• The bee is removing insects from the plant

• The bee is bringing water to the plant

• The plant is being pollinated by the bee

• The plant is getting nectar from the bee

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

The life cycle of a tomato plant has many stages. Which stage occurs immediately after pollination?

• a tomato forms

• a bloom forms

• a sprout forms

• a root forms

What type of mechanism is needed for a plant that produces seeds to grow new plants in a different area?

• pollination

• dispersal

• fertilization

• germination

Animals such as caterpillars and tadpoles undergo a change in their body forms as they get older. Caterpillars change into butterflies, and tadpoles change into frogs. 

What is the name of the process that causes these changes? 

• fertilization

• pollination

• metamorphosis

• reproduction