Cell 

The basic unit of structure and function in a living thing.

Cytoplasm

A jelly like substance that fills most of the space in a cell.

Cell Membrane

Surrounds an animals cell and controls what materials go into and out of the cell.

Nucleus

Controls all cell activities.

Cell Wall

Surrounds the cell membrane and helps keep the cell strong.

Chloroplasts

Contain Chlorophyll- the green color plants need to make their food.

Vertebrates

Animals with a backbone.

What kinds of animals have a backbone (vertebrates)?

Birds, snakes, bats, and humans are vertebrates

Invertebrates

Animals that do not have a backbone, but usually have an outer covering, such as a shell that supports its body.

What are some examples of invertebrates?

Ants, spiders, centipedes and crabs

Embryo

A seed made up of a young plant.

Flower

Are reproductive structures where the male part forms pollen and female part forms eggs.

Fruit

This is the part of the flowering plant that contains and protects the seeds.

Environment

Is everything that surrounds and affects an animal.

Climate

Is the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years.

Oxygen

Animals need this, one of many gases in the air.

Shelter

Is a place where an animal is protected from other animals or from the weather.

What are the five basic needs that animals need to survive?

Animals need Climate, Oxygen, Food, Water and Shelter.

Metamorphosis

The process of change from an egg to an adult butterfly.

Vacuole

A storage space for food.

Mitochondria

carries out the activities that release energy for the cell.

Adaptation

Is a body part or behavior that helps an animal meet its needs in its environment.

Camouflage

is an animals color or pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings. This is an adaptation that helps an animal hide.

Mimicry

Is an adaptation in which an animal looks very much like another animal. (This tricks animals to not eat them).

Instinct

Is a behavior that an animal begins life with.

Instincts are adaptations that help animals meet their needs.

Migration

Is the movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again. This is a behavioral adaptation.

What instinct do monarch butterflies have?

The behavior of flying South for the winter.

What are some animals that migrate?

Monarch butterflies, Atlantic green turtles, gray whales, Salmon, and many birds.

Hibernation

Is a period when an animal goes into a long deep "sleep."

An animals body temperature drops, and its heartbeat rate and breathing rate fall. It requires less energy.

How does an animal prepare to hibernate?

An animal prepares to hibernate by eating extra food and finding shelter.

How is an instinct different from a learned behavior?

A learned behavior is one that an animal developed by watching or hearing other animals. An instinct is a behavior that an animal is born with. 

Ex: Hunting is a learned behavior among tigers. Hibernating is an instinct.

Carbon Dioxide

Is a gas breathed out by animals.

Nutrients

Are substances, such as minerals, that all living things need to grow.

Photosynthesis

This is the process where a plant makes its own food and it takes place in a plants leaves.

What does a plant need to carry out photosynthesis?

Light, Carbon Dioxide, Chlorophyll, and water

What are four things that plants need to live?

Air, nutrients, water, and light

What adaptation do vines have?

Long stems so that they can cling to almost anything to reach sunlight.

What adaptation do Cacti have to collect rain water?

Their roots grow near the surface of the ground to collect water, and the thick stems hold water for the plant to use during dry periods.

How do waterlilies capture sunlight?

They have flat pads that float on the surface of water and that is their adaptation.

Dormancy

Lower activity, until spring to save energy.

Transpiration

Is the giving off of water by plant parts.

Germinates

When a seed has all it's needs met.

What does the Pistol do?

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The top of the pistol collects pollen.

What does the Stamen do?

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Makes pollen, a kind of powder.

Seeds form after a flower is pollinated. Pollination happens when.....?

pollen is carried from stamen to a pistil by wind or animals.

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Where do seeds form in a flower?

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in the bottom of the pistil.

What do most seeds need to begin to grow?

air, water, and warmth

Spores

Some plants grow from spores, which are tiny and most are made of only one cell.

Tubers

Potatoes are tubers, which are swollen underground stems