Life Cycles 4th grade

The Florida maple tree is a flowering plant. The Florida longleaf pine tree is a nonflowering plant. Both trees go through various stages in their life cycles. Which stage is found in the life cycles of both trees?

• production of fruits

• production of seeds

• production of flowers

• production of Harry Potter Merch.

The southern red oak tree produces acorns. A single acorn can grow into a red oak that is 30 meters (about 100 feet) tall. What must an acorn contain?

 

• cone

• flower

• pollinator

• seed

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

• a root forms

• a bloom forms

• a sprout forms

• a tomato forms

The fig wasp is a beneficial insect. This means it is helpful to another organism. The female fig wasp puts pollen on the fig flowers at the same time that she lays her eggs. What is the next stage of the eggs' life cycle?

• adult

• larva

• pupa

• molting

The tussock moth caterpillar can cause many problems for people in Florida. The caterpillars can strip the leaves from small shrubs and trees. The webs that the caterpillars spin are very sticky and are hard to remove. In what stage of its life cycle would the moth be when it is in a web?

• egg

• adult

• larva

• pupa

Florida is home to the great siren, a very large salamander. This animal is sometimes called a mud eel but is not an eel. Eels are fish, but salamanders are amphibians. Just like frogs, salamanders lay eggs that become tadpoles. At what stage of metamorphosis can a salamander lay eggs?

• egg

• adult

• larva

• pupa

Some insects go through incomplete metamorphosis. Others go through complete metamorphosis. What stage is part of complete metamorphosis, but not incomplete metamorphosis?

• egg

• pupa

• adult

• nymph

.  Box turtles may live for 100 years. They live in open woodlands, pastures, and marshy meadows.In Florida, box turtles are active year-round. In Massachusetts, box turtles hibernate in winter. What does this illustrate best about box turtles in Florida and Massachusetts?

• life expectancy

• winter behavior

• food prefrences

• habitat preferences

The red maple is a deciduous tree that grows in both Florida and northern states such as Rhode Island. Logan's family buys several red maple seedlings from a company in Rhode Island and plants them in their yard in Florida.

Which characteristic would most likely be different between red maple trees in Florida and red maple trees in Rhode Island during the course of a year?

• the leaves falling off or staying on the tree

• the timing of the leaves color change

• the shape of the leaves

• the coloor of the leaves after they change color

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Florida is a southern state; Minnesota is a northern state. The grass on most lawns in Florida will stay green all year long. However, the grass on lawns in Minnesota will turn brown during the fall and then turn green again in the spring. Which of the following is the most likely reason for these seasonal differences?

A. More rain keeps the grass in Florida green all year.

B. More sunlight keeps the grass in Florida green all year.

C. Higher amounts of nutrients keep the grass in Florida green all year.

D. Higher monthly temperatures keep the grass in Florida green all year.

• higher monthly temperature keep the grass in Florida green all year

• More rain happens to be in Florida

• More sunlight keeps the grass in Flrorida Green

• Mr. Perez's grass is the greenest in the neighborhood.

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