Animal Effects on Plant Pollination
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What does the term mimic mean? Example: I can use a straw to mimic the beak of a hummingbird.
Imitate, copy, or impersonate
Extremely small or tiny
The theatrical technique of moving silently
A type of plant used to season food
Explanation
To mimic means to copy, impersonate, or imitate something or someone. If I want to mimic the behavior of a hummingbird and model a tool that is similar to its beak, the straw would be a good fit. It is a similar shape, size, and has the same function. I could copy or mimic a hummingbird's actions and collect liquid.
Animals disperse (or spread) the seeds of plants they eat. Seeds exit the digestive system of a bat while they are flying around eating fruit from different plants. When the seeds land on the ground, new plants may be formed. How can humans mimic the bat and disperse seeds?
Throw seeds out of a car window while driving
Put seeds in a pond in your yard
Eat seedless watermelon at a picnic
Roast pumpkin seeds to use in trail mix
Explanation
If humans want to develop a model for mimicking a bat dispersing seeds, the best answer choice would be to throw seeds out of a car window while driving. By tossing the seeds, it gives the change for a new plant to grow when they land in the dirt outside of the car. Humans can create models and devices to mimic animals that help keep new plants growing.
Animals disperse (or spread) the seeds of plants they eat. Seeds exit the digestive system of a bat while they are flying around eating fruit from different plants. When the seeds land on the ground, new plants may be formed. How can humans mimic the bat and disperse seeds?
Throw seeds out of a car window while driving
Put seeds in a pond in your yard
Eat seedless watermelon at a picnic
Roast pumpkin seeds to use in trail mix
Explanation
If humans want to develop a model for mimicking a bat dispersing seeds, the best answer choice would be to throw seeds out of a car window while driving. By tossing the seeds, it gives the change for a new plant to grow when they land in the dirt outside of the car. Humans can create models and devices to mimic animals that help keep new plants growing.
What does the term mimic mean? Example: I can use a straw to mimic the beak of a hummingbird.
Imitate, copy, or impersonate
Extremely small or tiny
The theatrical technique of moving silently
A type of plant used to season food
Explanation
To mimic means to copy, impersonate, or imitate something or someone. If I want to mimic the behavior of a hummingbird and model a tool that is similar to its beak, the straw would be a good fit. It is a similar shape, size, and has the same function. I could copy or mimic a hummingbird's actions and collect liquid.
Andy's teacher asked them to draw a model of an animal pollinating plants. Which of the following should he draw?
Squirrel
Hummingbird
Frog
Sunflower
Explanation
If Andy is drawing an animal that pollinates plants, he could model a hummingbird to represent the pollinator! Squirrels and frogs are not pollinators, and sunflowers are not an animal! Hummingbirds move from flower to flower, spreading pollen to help fertilize plants so new ones can grow.
Which answer choice correctly uses the term mimic?
To mimic a butterfly pollinating flowers, I need to have wings and fly around.
When I mimic my flowers, I always make sure to space them out and give them water.
She loves to mimic her brother and do the opposite of him.
Marge has to mimic the garlic into tiny pieces for the spaghetti recipe.
Explanation
To mimic means to copy, impersonate, or imitate something or someone. "To mimic a butterfly pollinating flowers, I need to have wings and fly around." is the correct answer choice because it uses the word correctly. In the sentence, the author is trying to copy a butterfly pollinating flowers and would need wings to accomplish this. The other sentences use mimic incorrectly.
Andy's teacher asked them to draw a model of an animal pollinating plants. Which of the following should he draw?
Squirrel
Hummingbird
Frog
Sunflower
Explanation
If Andy is drawing an animal that pollinates plants, he could model a hummingbird to represent the pollinator! Squirrels and frogs are not pollinators, and sunflowers are not an animal! Hummingbirds move from flower to flower, spreading pollen to help fertilize plants so new ones can grow.
Which answer choice correctly uses the term mimic?
To mimic a butterfly pollinating flowers, I need to have wings and fly around.
When I mimic my flowers, I always make sure to space them out and give them water.
She loves to mimic her brother and do the opposite of him.
Marge has to mimic the garlic into tiny pieces for the spaghetti recipe.
Explanation
To mimic means to copy, impersonate, or imitate something or someone. "To mimic a butterfly pollinating flowers, I need to have wings and fly around." is the correct answer choice because it uses the word correctly. In the sentence, the author is trying to copy a butterfly pollinating flowers and would need wings to accomplish this. The other sentences use mimic incorrectly.
One way that seeds travel from place to place is through animal poo! How does animal poo help to transport seeds and allow new plants to grow?
The seeds pass to the poo and new plants can grow in that spot.
The seeds start to form new plants in the animal, so they poo out the tree or flower.
Animal poo does not help transport seeds to new locations or help plants to grow.
Animal's poo out the seeds which then go deep underground to be dug up and planted later.
Explanation
Animals that spread seed through their excrement (or poo) have first to eat fruits, vegetables, or plants with seeds. Bears, bats, monkeys, and turtles would be the types of animals that would spread seeds through their poo. As they move around their environment, the seeds exit their digestive system and land in a new place. When this happens, the seeds are relocated and may form new plants where they land.
Bumblebees pollinate flowers that have nectar and pollen. The pollen from one flower sticks to them while they feed, and it is dropped into another flower when they move to the next plant to eat.
If humans wanted to use something that mimicked a bumblebee to pollinate their flowers, which item would be best?
Felt
Velcro
Tape
All of the answers are correct
Explanation
To build a model of a bumblebee, a human could select felt, velcro, or tape as the material to make the animal. Felt is soft, textured, and made of cloth so the pollen dust would stick to the fabric. Velcro is textured, and things stick to it. The tape is very sticky, and pollen would attach itself to the sticky side to be carried around. All of the answer choices are correct and could be used to model a bumblebee.