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Chapter 2 Full

Heredity and Life Cycles Review-All of Chpt. 2

TermDefinition
Direct Development a growth process in which an animal gets larger without going through major changes in body form. You can tell what it is going to be from the beginning. Ex: deer
Embryo tiny plant inside the seed
gene the basic unit of heredity (instructions for how you grow)
Germinate to begin to grow
Grafting when a piece of a plant is attached to another plant and the two grow together. Ex: apple trees
heredity process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring
Human Life Cycle infancy, childhood, adolescence, adult, senior
Incomplete metamorphosis animals hatch and look like an adult but they don't have all the adult parts EX: grasshoppers don't have wings when they hatch
Inherited traits traits that can not be changed. Examples: eye color
learned behaviors things that you learn because of what you see and hear. Example: speaking English
Life Cycle the stages a living thing goes through Example: seed to seedling stage to flowering stage to fruit
Metamorphosis a growth process in which the animal goes through major body changes. It looks completely different.
nurture things in your life that affect you, like where you live, what you do, and what you eat
Photosynthesis the process that uses sunlight to make food in plants
Pollinate to bring pollen to a flower so it can make fruit
Producer an organism that makes food
reproduce to make more of your own kind
Runners a plant that sends out a stem to start a new plant. Ex: strawberries
Seed fertilized egg
Spores plants that don't make flowers reproduce by using these. It takes two to grow a new plant. Ex: ferns and mosses
trait a characteristic that makes one organism different from another
Tubers a storage stem that can grow a new plant. Ex: potato
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