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Plants and Animals Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name 4 things plants need: | water, soil, sun, carbon dioxide |
| Name 5 things animals need: | water, food, warmth, oxygen, shelter/protection |
| Name 3 ways plants help animals: | plants release oxygen that animals need; plants provide food for animals;plants provide shelter for animals |
| Name 2 ways animals help plants: | animals release carbon dioxide which plants need; animals provide ways to spread seeds |
| A structure an animal or plant has that helps it survive is called what? | adaptation |
| Describe how the roots of a plant help it survive ( the root is a plant adaptation): | roots help secure the plant in the ground and help the plant get nutrients from the soil |
| Describe how thorns help a plant survive( the thorns are an adaptation): | thorns prevent animals from eating or picking the plant |
| Describe how heliotropism helps a plant survive (heliotropism is adaptation): | allows the plant to follow the sun, which helps the plant make food |
| Describe how chemicals help a plant survive (chemicals are adaptation): | chemicals from plants help the plants by preventing it being eaten or picked because of the reaction it may cause |
| Describe how odors help a plant survive (odor is adaptation): | some plants have either a good smell to attract food or a bad smell to keep predators away |
| Dewcribe how poison helps a plant survive (poison is adaptation) | some plants are poisonous and this prevents animals from eating them |
| Define Behavior: | how a living thing reacts to what is happening around it |
| Define Migration: | when a birdy baby flies away in the summer to South America |
| Define Hibernation: | when an animal sleeps for the summer to the spring each year |
| What special weapon does the caribou have to survive? | antlers: they use them to fight against grizzly bears and other threats |
| What special weapon does the scorpion have to survive? | stinger: is at the end of the tail and injects poison into the prey and paralyzes it |
| What special weapon does the african porcupine have to survive? | quills: the sharp barbed quills easily detatch when they make contact with animal flesh |
| How does the skunk's chemical defense help them survive? | when they feel threatened, they will spray a highly offensive smelling spray |
| How does the bombardier beetle's chemical defense help them survive? | they spray a boiling hot and chemically toxic liquid at predators |
| How does the sea slug's chemical defense help them survive? | they defend themselves by ejecting a potent inky secretion into the water |
| How does the leaf bug's camouflage defense help them survive? | they use camouflage to take on the appearance of a leaf so predators can't tell this insect from a real leaf |
| How does the stick bug's camouflage defense help them survive? | they take on the appearance of a stick, their color and shape making them hard to spot |
| How does the mimic octopus camouflage defense help them survive? | they have the unique ability to turn virtually any color, pattern, shape or feature making it hard for predators to spot |
| How do the musk oxen's group defense help them survive? | when they feel threatened, they work together to protect the young; they will face outward to form a ring around the calves |
| How do the american bison's group defense help them survive? | they form a defensive wall against predators; the bulls form an outside ring, the females form an inner ring around the young |
| How do the sperm whale's group defense help them survive? | they protect an injured member by gathering around it in a ring formation |
| What protective body part does the hedgehog use to survive? | hedgehogs roll into a tight ball when they feel threatened, causing all of the spines to point outwards; this prevents predators from attacking |
| What protective body part does the savanna monitor use to survive? | they have very thick skin, some predators have trouble penetrating it |
| What protective body part does the pangolin use to survive? | they have a long, tapering body that is almost completely covered with overlapping scales making it hard for predators to penetrate the flesh |
| How does playing dead help the opossum survive? | they will "play dead", their lips are drawn back, teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, and a foul-smelling fluid is released, thus making it unappealing to predators |
| How does playing dead help the hognose snake survive? | they roll on their back and play dead emitting a foul smell and let their tongues hang out of their mouths |
| How does playing dead help the owlets survive? | baby owlets will play dead and predators don't want to eat something that is already dead |
| Name the four stages of the moth cycle | 1. egg, 2. larva/caterpillar 3. chrysalis/pupa 4. adult moth |
| Name the four stages of the frog life cycle | 1. egg, 2. tadpole 3. tadpole begins to change 4. frog |
| How long does an adult grasshopper live for? | about 50 days |
| What is the process of becoming an adult grasshopper called? | metamorphosis |
| What time of the year are the eggs of a grasshopper laid? | summer |
| What the grasshopper egg hatch into? | nymph |
| What happens in the life cycle of a seed? | 1.seed is resting 2.seed get water, oxygen, and temperature 3.seed begins to grow 4.root grows downward out of seed 5.stem grows upward 6.seed coat dries and falls off 7.plant uses its leaves to gather sunlight for food |
| Name three plants that are pests | 1.poison ivy: causes itchy rash 2.milkweed:takes nutrients from crops 3.purple loosetrife: spreads too fast, prevents other plants from growing |
| Name three animals that are pests | 1.ticks: such the blood of the host,can cause lymes disease 2.mosquitoes: suck blood from host, can cause illnesses 3. cockroaches: can cause allergic reaction, connected to asthma |
| What does "fact" mean? | can be proven |
| What does "opinion" mean? | can not be proven; how someone feels about a topic |
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