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Test Tuesday
Life Cycles Study Guide
There will be plant review questions on this test!!! See your plant notes or plant study guide to review those concepts!!
1. What is metamorphosis? _a process by which an organism’s body changes form_______
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2. Why don’t reptiles and fish look after their young when other animals do? __their young
___is born knowing how to get food and knowing the skills they need to survive____________
3. What kinds of animals go through a metamorphosis? __amphibians, some insects_____
4. Name the stages in the life cycle of a ladybug? __egg, larva, pupa, adult ladybug_______
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5. Name the stages in the life cycle of sea turtle? _egg, hatchling, juvenile, sub-adult, adult
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6. Name the stages in the life cycle of a frog? _egg mass, tadpole, tadpole with legs, _____
___young frog, adult frog________________________________________________________
7. What is a habitat? _the type of environment that provides what living things need to __
__survive_____________________________________________________________________
8. What is an ecosystem? _the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment_
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9. What is an adaptation? _a feature or behavior that helps certain living things survive in_
__a habitat____________________________________________________________________
10.Name the 2 types of water habitats. __salt water and fresh water___________________
11.What is humus? _substance made of broken-down plant and animal material that _____
__provides a good environment for plants___________________________________________
12.What is an herbivore? __an animal that eats plants______________________________
13.What is a carnivore? ___an animal that eats other animals________________________
14. What is an omnivore? __an animal that eats plants and other animals_______________
15. What is a producer? _an organism that makes its own food_______________________
16. What is a consumer? _an organism that eats other organisms________________
17. What is a decomposer? _an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material
18. What does a food chain do? _shows how energy passes from one organism to another_
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19. How are a food chain and a food web related? _food chains can connect to form food _
__webs____________________________________________________________________
20. What is a predator? ___an animal that hunts other organisms for food______________
21. What is prey? __the animals predators hunt___________________________________
22. Why is it important that animals are part of more than one food chain? __if something_
_happens to an organism in one food chain the animal can rely on a different food chain_____
23.Why are decomposers important to both plants and animals? _they give nutrients to the
___soil which helps plants grow and then animals eat those plants_______________________
24.Where to most producers get their energy? _the sun_____________________________
25. Draw and label a food chain.
See your book or your notes for examples