Adaptations & Life Cycles

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.

• Structure

• Function

• Adaptation

• Life Cycle

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What important function do the bright colored petals of the Dahlia provide?

• They attract bees that help pollinate the plants.

• They encourage people to pick them.

• They reflect the light helping it to retain more water.

• They help transfer energy in the food chain.

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The life cycle of a flowering plant starts again when a mature plant produces?

• Leaves

• Roots

• Seeds

• Petals

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Which bird beak is best adapted for eating small seeds, grass, berries, and other vegetation?

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How is a plant life cycle usually different from an animal life cycle?

• Plants grow larger.

• Plants produce seeds.

• Plants eat food.

• Plants move about.

Select all the adaptations that help the arctic hare live in its environment. Select all that Apply.

• Tall, muscular hind legs that allow it to jump further in the snow.

• Short ears to warm themselves more efficiently

• Brown color to stand out in the snow.

• Long claws to help it burrow in the snow to find food.

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How are adult plants and animals similar?

• Both can make their own food.

• Both have a larva stage.

• Both can produce offspring.

• Both have at least two legs.

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Which picture most closely represents a similar life cycle stage to the froglet? Select all that Apply.

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The changes in form that some insects go through during their life cycle?

• Pupa

• Egg

• Larva

• Metamorphosis

Use the picture of the ladybug lifecycle to place the life cycle of the ladybug in the correct order.

• Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult Ladybug, Young Ladybug

• Egg, Larva, Pupa, Young Ladybug, Adult Ladybug

• Egg, Adult Ladybug, Young Ladybug, Pupa, Larva

• Adult Ladybug, Egg, Young Ladybug, Larva, Pupa

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