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| the first part of a two-word Latin name given to an organism |
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| the second part of a two-word Latin name given to an organism |
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| another name for a living thing |
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| to develop a physical feature or behavior that helps an animal get food, protect itself, move, or reproduce |
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| the female part of the flower |
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| the small green leaf-like structures at the base of the flower that protect it while it is still a bud |
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| the male part of the flower |
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| the thick bottom part of the pistil where the eggs are stored |
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| the combining of an egg and sperm cell |
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| a cell that acts like a seed |
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| a part of a plant that has been cut off, put in water so it will grow roots, and then planted |
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| cutting the branches off one tree and binding them to another so they will grow together and become one, better tree |
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| special stems that grow along the ground and that grow roots and leaves along the way causing the plant to spread |
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| a types of underground stem that is made of thick, fleshy leaves that store food and grow into new plants |
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| how scientists classify living things |
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by asking:
how many cells does it have?
where does it live?
how does it get food? |
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| how animals adapt to survive |
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examples include:
ptarmagins blend in for protection
some frogs have developed poison to protect themselves
some animals migrate to find food
bears hibernate through winter when food is scarce |
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three ways:
seeds
spores
bulbs |
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petals--colorful, attract pollinators
sepals--special leaves, protect bud
pistil--female part
ovary--female part, bottom of pistil,
stores eggs
stamens--male part
anthers--male part, top of stamens,
make pollen |
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| how pollen moves from stamens to pistil |
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two ways:
animals getting nectar
wind blowing it |
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| why seed dispersal is key to plant survival |
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| seeds need to be spread so they can end up in places far away from the parent plant where they have room and the right conditions to grow; if all the same plants are too close together, they can be wiped out by fire, flood, clearing of the land |
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