1. OCTOBER 19, 2012
Survival Guide page 52-53

2. “From Seed to Adult Plant—and Back”
Questions, p
“From Seed to Adult Plant—and Back”

3. 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. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 17.Draw and write the caption for germination
16.Draw and label the parts of a seed (LM p. 60)
17.Draw and write the caption for germination

10. LET’S SEE WHAT YOU KNOW?

11. What is the name given to the process of a caterpillar changing into a butterfly?
ANSWER: metamorphosis

12. What must happen to the caterpillar’s skin in order for it to grow?
ANSWER: it must shed it (molt)

13. What are the three main body parts of an insect?
ANSWER: head, thorax, abdomen

14. The growth stage of a butterfly larva is called a(n) ____________.
ANSWER: instar

15. In the life cycle of the cabbage white butterfly what is the stage after the egg hatches?
ANSWER: larva

16. What are the droppings of the cabbage white larva called?
ANSWER: frass

17. The transfer of pollen from one plant to another is called ____
ANSWER: pollination

18. Is the bean plant you grew a monocot or a dicot?
ANSWER: dicot

19. What is the name of the food that plants make themselves?
ANSWER: glucose

20. What do we call the living component of an ecosystem?
ANSWER: community

21. An organism’s role in its environment is referred to as
ANSWER: niche

22. What is the genus of Duckweed?
ANSWER: Lemna

23. Do animals have to have a heart in order to have a pulse?
ANSWER: no (as in the blackworm)

24. What type of asexual reproduction takes place in the life of Lumbriculus?
ANSWER:
Fragmentation and regeneration

25. Name one important pioneer in the development of the microscope.
ANSWER:
Robert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek

26. What does an entomologist study?
ANSWER: insects

27. Let’s play:Who Wants to Win a Million Dollars? - You Quit?!