Science Study Guide – Life Cycles and Plants (2.4 and 2.8)

Science Study Guide – Life Cycles and Plants
(2.4 and 2.8)
During life, plants and animals go through a series of orderly changes.
These changes occur over time and happen in cycles.
Some animals (but not all) resemble their parents from birth to adult-hood, others
go through different life stages.
You should be able to draw and describe the life cycles of deer, butterflies and
flowering plants and to compare these to each other.
Life Cycle of a White-Tailed Deer
When they are born they
look very similar to an adult
deer.
A young deer is called a
fawn. These have white
spots on them to help
camouflage them.
Then they are called
yearlings.
An adult male deer is called
a buck.
An adult female deer is
called a doe.
Life Cycle of a BUTTERFLY
Pupa
Larva
Include in your description: eggs, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), adult

Life Cycle of a FLOWERING PLANT
Include in your descriptions: seed, grows roots, grows stem, grows leaves, grows
flowers, flowers make seeds (often in fruits)
Plants provide homes and food for many animals.
Plants help to prevent soil erosion.
Plants provide many useful products and materials that humans and other living
things use.
Plants make Oxygen and food.
Some plants only grow in certain places and climates and so people and animals
adapt to what plants are able to grow in that area.
Some products made from plants include fiber, cotton, oil, spices, lumber, rubber,
medicines and paper.
Products made from plants that are grown in Virginia include: wood, fruits, and
vegetables.
You should also be able to classify plants by how they are used and eaten by humans
and animals.