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ADAP/STRU/FUNC
ADAPTATIONS/STRUCTURE/FUNCTION
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an organism? | A living form of life |
| What are two main things that a living organism needs to live? | Water and Nutrients |
| What are Nutrients? | Substances that help organism survive and grow |
| What is plant eating animals called? | Herbivores |
| What is meat eating animals called? | Carnivores |
| What are animals that eat both plants and animals to survive? | Omnivores |
| What are adaptations? | The means for animals or plants to suit themselves to the areas they are living in |
| What is plant cell process called when energy is transferred to live and grow? | Photosynthesis |
| What is the tiny green structure that contains chlorophyll, found in leaf cells is called? | Chloroplast |
| What is the green substance in plant leaves that captures the energy in sunlight? | Chlorophyll |
| What are the “children” that are reproduced from parents? | Offspring |
| What is a niche in the ecosystem? | A role an organism plays in its environment |
| What is a place in which an organism lives to survive? | A Habitat |
| What is a long-term relationship where one organism helps another? | Symbiosis |
| What type of symbiosis is when both help each other and both benefit for their survival? | Mutualism |
| What type of symbiosis is when one creature benefits the help of another, and the other creature is not harmed? | Commensalism |
| What type of symbiosis is when one creature is benefitted, and the other creature is harmed? | Parasitism |
| What are the stages of growth & development that all organisms go through? | Life Cycle |
| What are the changes in form that some insects go through during their life cycle? | Metamorphosis |
| What is an animal with a backbone and lives in water when it is young and on land when it is an adult? | Amphibians |
| What is a structure that contains the undeveloped plant and a supply of food for the plant/s development? | A Seed |
| What is defined as a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring? | Inherited Traits |
| What are defined from the observation of instruction being passed down from parent to child? | Learned behaviors |
| What is the transfer of pollen from the plant’s stamen to the ovary of the plant called? | Pollination |
| What are known as living and nonliving things that live in an area and their interactions? | Ecosystems |
| What is the process called that is making more of the same kind? | Reproduce |