Life Cycle and Survival in an Ecosystem

A life cycle is

• plants and animals

• how living things grow and change over time

• changes drastically

What stages do the life cycle include?

• reproduction and death

• birth, growth, reproduction and death

• birth, reproduction and death

• death, birth, growth,

Plants start as a

• egg

• live birth

• seed

• baby

Animals start as

• eggs and live birth

• seeds

• just live birth

• mom

What is an adaptation?

• life cycle

• characteristic of living thing that helps survive in its environment

• fossils

• metmorphosis

Match the following adaptations that help it survive in the environment.

• long tongue to wrap around thorny branch

• claws

• seeing prey

• giraffe

• long skinny beak to sip nectar

• cactus

• prickly thorns to protect from animals

• hummingbird

• help dig/climb

• good vision

What is it called when a living thing changes drastically over time?

• life cycle

• adaptation

• metamorphosis

• ecosystem

A community of organisms that interact in their environment.

• adaptation

• fossils

• ecosystem

What does a plant or animal need to survive in a certain ecosystem?

• food, water, shelter and air

• shelter and air

• food, water, air

What member of the ecosystem produces oxygen, and also provides homes for animals?

• ocean

• trees

• sandcastle

• car