Transcript OCTOBER 19, 2012 Survival Guide page 52-53 Questions, p. 59-61 “From Seed to Adult Plant—and Back”

OCTOBER 19, 2012
Survival Guide page
52-53
Questions, p. 59-61
“From Seed to Adult Plant—and
Back”
• 1. The process by which a seed
becomes a plant is called ___.
• ANSWER: germination
• 2. Seeds are alive but are in a ___ or
inactive stage.
• ANSWER: dormant
• 3. Inside a seed is an ___, which
contains the beginnings of a root, a
stem, and leaves.
• ANSWER: embryo
• 4. Also in a seed is an important
food-storing tissue called ___.
• ANSWER: endosperm
• 5. In a seed are one or more seed
leaves called ___.
• ANSWER: cotyledons
• 6. Plants that have seeds with one
cotyledon are known as ___.
• ANSWER: monocots
• 7. Plants that have seeds with two
cotyledons are known as ___.
• ANSWER: dicots
• 8. Give some examples of monocot
seeds.
• ANSWER: grains like wheat, rice and
corn
• 9. Give some examples of dicot
seeds.
• ANSWER: beans
• 10. The cotyledon of which type of
plant never emerges from the soil?
• ANSWER: monocots
• 11. In dicots, when do the cotyledons
wither and die?
• ANSWER: as soon as true leaves form
and begin to function
• 12. Plants can manufacture their own
food in a process known as ___.
• ANSWER: photosynthesis
• 13. After flowers are pollinated, what
process occurs to create a new seed?
• ANSWER: fertilization
• 14. As flowers wither, what develops
around the seed?
• ANSWER: fruit
• 15. What are 3 purposes of the fruit?
• ANSWER: 1. provides protective
covering for seeds 2. supports
development of seeds 3. aids in seed
dispersal
16.Draw and label the parts of a
seed (LM p. 60)
17.Draw and write the
caption for germination
LET’S SEE WHAT
YOU KNOW?
What is the name given to the
process of a caterpillar changing
into a butterfly?
• ANSWER: metamorphosis
What must happen to the
caterpillar’s skin in order for it
to grow?
•ANSWER: it must shed it
(molt)
What are the three main body parts
of an insect?
• ANSWER: head, thorax, abdomen
The growth stage of a butterfly
larva is called a(n) ____________.
• ANSWER: instar
In the life cycle of the cabbage
white butterfly what is the stage
after the egg hatches?
• ANSWER: larva
What are the droppings of the
cabbage white larva called?
• ANSWER: frass
The transfer of pollen from one
plant to another is called ____
• ANSWER: pollination
Is the bean plant you grew a
monocot or a dicot?
• ANSWER: dicot
What is the name of the food that
plants make themselves?
• ANSWER: glucose
What do we call the living
component of an ecosystem?
• ANSWER: community
An organism’s role in its
environment is referred to as
• ANSWER: niche
What is the genus of Duckweed?
• ANSWER: Lemna
Do animals have to have a heart in
order to have a pulse?
• ANSWER: no (as in the blackworm)
What type of asexual
reproduction takes place in the
life of Lumbriculus?
• ANSWER:
Fragmentation and
regeneration
Name one important pioneer in
the development of the
microscope.
• ANSWER:
• Robert Hooke and
Anton van
Leeuwenhoek
What does an entomologist
study?
• ANSWER: insects
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