Life Science Cast

What is classification?

• The process of grouping living things by similar characteristics.

• The series of stages that living things go through.

• A tool scientists use to group organisms by similar characteristics.

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What is a life cycle?

• The process of grouping living things by similar characteristics.

• The series of stages that living things go through.

• Something that an animal or plant does to help it survive in its environment.

Organisms that are born NOT looking anything like their parents go through metamorphosis.

• True

• False

Organisms that develop in four stages go through what is called complete metamorphosis, because there is an incomplete change from one stage to the next.

• True

• False

In incomplete metamorphosis, an organism develops through the following stages: egg, larva, and adult.

• True

• False

What is an adaptation?

• A feature of an animal or plant that helps it survive and be successful in its environment.

• A method of obtaining food.

• A way that an animal or plant stays safe from predators.

• A feature that decreases an organism's survival rate.

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What is a physical adaptation?

• Something that a plant or animal DOES to help it survive.

• A type of adaptation that means that an animal can blend in with its environment.

• Something that you can SEE about an animal or plant's body that helps it to survive.

A gecko's colors help it to blend in with the color of the log it rests on. What physical adaptation is this?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Chemical Defense

• Body Part

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Corn snakes look very similar to the venomous copperhead snake. What type of physical adaptation is this?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Chemical Defense

• Body Part

What is a behavioral adaptation?

• A type of adaptation that gives you information about the ability of the animal to survive in its environment.

• Something that you can SEE about an animal or plant's body that helps it to survive in its environment.

• Something that an animal or plant DOES to help it survive in its environment.

• When animals act extra happy to see you.