The new living thing of their parents

Animals that change form as they become adults

This is the second stage of a the life cycle of an animal that goes through a complete metamorphosis

The third stage in the life cycle of an animal that goes through a complete metamorphosis. This is the stage before adult, and in this stage, the animal usually makes a hard case around itself as it changes inside.

The second stage in the life cycle in animals that go through an incomplete metamorphosis; this stage is after the egg, and right before adult

a characteristic of a living thing

a characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents

A way a living thing responds, or reacts, to its surroundings, such as building a nest

inherited behaviors to help animals survive in their environment

a characteristic that a living thing gets in its lifetime, such as a scar or bent wing. They are not born with them, nor will they pass them on to their offspring.

When an animal is inactive during the winter or colder months, but do move around to get food

an animal that eats dead plants and animals, including waste

Something that a living thing needs in order to stay alive; food, water, air, and sunlight are examples.

The tiny new plant in the seed

When the seed of a plant sprouts

Flowers produce this powdery material; it forms in the male part of the flower and is used in reproduction of the plant

a living thing that makes its own food

these get energy by eating other living things

a model that shows how energy flows from one living thing to another

A material a living thing needs to live and grow

The plant part that takes in water and nutrients from the soil

The plant part that moves water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves

The part of the plant that makes food for the whole plant

The part of the flower that makes seeds (where seeds form)

This holds a tiny new plant and keeps it safe; stores food to help the new plant start growing

Making more of living things of the same kind

Everything around a living thing

What a living thing does because of a change around it

Something that causes a response

Pine trees and some other plants make seeds in these instead of flowers

type of plants that reproduce by making seeds inside flowers

type of plants that reproduces by making seeds in cones, or making spores instead of seeds

a tiny cell that can grow into a new plant

A row of bones down the middle of the back

This set of bones helps support a body and helps it move

An animal that has a backbone

An animal without a backbone

These invertebrates have legs, and a hard covering on the outside of its body; grasshopper, ticks, and spiders.

Vertebrates that live in water, breathe with gills, have fins and scales.

Vertebrates that lay eggs in water, breathe with gills when young, and when grow older, walk on land and breathe with lungs. These vertebrates go through a metamorphosis.

Vertebrates that are covered with scales, breathe air with lungs, and live on land.

vertebrates with feathers, breathe with lungs, and lay eggs on land.

vertebrates with fur or hair, give live birth, and breathe with lungs

To lose fur

When animals become inactive in the winter. Their heart beats slower, and their body temperature goes way down.

Holes animals dig in the ground

Some animals get through winter by traveling to warmer places, and in spring they go back again. This is when animals move from place to place in a pattern with the seasons.