Worksheets4th Fl Life Cycles
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 24mins
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
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 cones
Production of seeds
Production of flowers
The southern red oak tress produces acorns. A single acorn can grow into a red oak that is 30 meters tall. What must an acorn contain?
A cone
A flower
A pollinator
A 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 egg's life cycle?
Adult
Larva
Molting
Pupa
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. The 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
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 preferences
Habitat preferences
Red maple trees exist in both Florida and Rhode Island. 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 shape of the leaves
The timing of the leaves color change
The leaves falling off or staying on the tree
The colors of the leaves after they change color
Florida is a southern state; Minnesota is a northern state. The grass in Florida will stay green all year long. However, the grass in Minnesota turns brown during the fall. What is the reason for this seasonal difference?
More rain keeps the grass in Florida green all year.
More sunlight keeps the grass in Florida green all year.
Higher amounts of nutrients keep the grass in Florida green all year.
Higher monthly temperatures keep the grass in Florida green all year.
Why would we see bluebirds all year round in Florida, but only part of the year in Maine?
Food for bluebirds is available year-round in Florida and only part of the year in Maine.
There are less predators of bluebirds year round in Florida than in Maine.
Bluebirds are able to find better areas to hide in the part of the year they are not seen in Maine.
Other birds species move the bluebirds of Maine for part of the year.
Complete metamorphosis and incomplete metamorphosis describe how some insects develop from egg to adult. Which statement correctly describes these life cycles?
Complete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a pupa before becoming a larva.
Complete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a pupa before becoming an egg.
Incomplete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a nymph before becoming a larva.
Incomplete metamorphosis requires the insect to develop into a nymph before becoming an adult.
Look at the life cycle of a red maple tree. The slash pine is another tree native to Florida. Which of the following correctly explains how the life cycle of the slash pine is different from the life cycle of the red maple?
The slash pine produces cones instead of seeds.
The slash pine produces cones instead of flowers.
The slash pine produces cones instead of seedlings.
The slash pine produces cones instead of mature plants.
Which type of plant in Florida does NOT Produce seeds?
Daisies
Ferns
Orange trees
Tomato plants
What type of development does this diagram show?
direct development
complete metamorphosis
marsupial
incomplete metamorphosis
direct development
complete metamorphosis
incomplete metamorphosis
miniatureization
Both of the plants in the pictures are native to Florida.
Which explanation correctly explains how the life cycle of the pine tree is different from the life cycle of the maple tree?
The pine tree produces cones instead of seeds.
The pine tree produces cones instead of flowers.
The pine tree produces cones instead of seedlings.
The pine tree produces cones instead of mature plants.
If a plant has flowers, what else is true about its life cycle?
It has cones.
It makes fruit.
It makes seeds.
It produces spores.
The bald cypress tree has needles like a pine tree.
How are bald cypress seeds and pine tree seeds similar?
They are in shells, like peanuts.
They are in large, tasty fruit.
They are in cones.
They are in bulbs.
Mango trees produce fruit. After the fruit reaches the ground, the seeds inside take root and begin to grow, producing a stem and leaves. What is the next stage of the life cycle?
Seed
adult
flower
seedling
Which statement is true for all non-flowering plants?
Non-flowering plants don't form fruit.
Non-flowering plants cannot be trees.
Non-flowering plants don't contain pollen.
Non-flowering plants don't contain seeds.
How are the life cycles of both flowering and non-flowering plants similar?
Both develop seeds in a flower
They both can reproduce in the mature stage of their life cycles
Both produce fruit
Both develop fruit after the seeds has been produced
Which of these is true about non-flowering plants?
Non-flowering plants don't contain pollen
Non-flowering plants don't form fruit
Non-flowering plants can't be trees
Non-flowering plants don't make seeds
Aaron is visiting a national park. The ranger tells Aaron that he will not see any bears because it is winter. Which of the following is the most likely reason Aaron would not see any bears?
There are no bears.
The bears traveled north.
The bears are hibernating.
The bears went through metamorphosis.
Kali is walking in a forest in the spring. Which of the following observation would Kali most likely make?
New budding leaves.
Dying plants.
Rain from the sky.
Animals hibernating.
During the winter, purple finches are often seen in Florida. During the summer purple finches are rarely seen in Florida. Which statement best explains this change in observations?
The birds are coming to die.
The birds migrate to Florida during the winter.
The birds are coming to go to the beach.
The birds don't come.
The Florida manatee is very sensitive to temperature changes. As a result, manatees migrate to warmer waters in the winter. They especially like to pass the winter months near energy stations, which discharge warm water into the local waters. Which behavior is an example of a seasonal change in manatees?
Swimming slowly.
Eating lettuce.
Moving to an environment based on the food.
Moving to an environment based on the season.
