Grade 6 Trimester 2 Overview
PLANTS
Topics: Parts of a Plant; Plant Adaptations to Survive on Land; Vascular vs. Non-vascular
plants; Parts of a Seed
Vocabulary
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Stem
Roots
Root hairs
Leaves
Autotrophs
Cuticle
Vascular tissue
Xylem
Phloem
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Vascular plants
Non-vascular plants
rhizoids
Embryo
Seed coat
Cotyledon (food store)
Monocot
dicot
Skills/Concepts
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Be able to label the parts of a plant (stem, roots, leaves, root hairs)
Know the functions of the parts of a plant (stem, roots, leaves, root hairs)
Know what the cuticle is useful for
Know the two types of vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) and what they transport within the
plant
Be able to identify three differences between vascular and non-vascular plants
Know how non-vascular plants transport materials
Know the function of rhizoids in mosses
Be able to label the parts of a seed (embryo, seed coat, cotyledon)
Be able to identify a monocot and a dicot from a picture
Know the functions of the parts of a seed
Parts of a Plant
Label the parts of the plant below using the words from the word box.
root
root hair
stem
leaves
1. ______________________
2. ______________________
3. ______________________
4. ______________________
Parts of a Seed
Directions: Label the three parts of a seed on the diagram below.
Directions: Write the main function of each of the three parts of a seed in the chart below.
Name of Seed Part
Function
Directions: Identify the pictures below as a monocot or dicot.
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Vocabulary
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heterotroph
adaptation
phylum
vertebrate
invertebrate
bilateral symmetry
ANIMALS
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radial symmetry
observation
inference
ectotherm
endotherm
Skills/Concepts
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What are the differences between sexual reproduction and asexual reproduction?
Why do animals need to move?
Be able to identify an adaptation of an herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore for obtaining
food.
Be able to identify adaptations for escaping predators
Be able to identify an organism as having radial symmetry or bilateral symmetry, and be
able to draw the lines of symmetry (see worksheet).
Know the defining characteristics of each phylum within the animal kingdom that we
have discussed in class (study from your books we made in class):
o Porifera
o Cnidarian
o Worms (Annelids)
o Mollusks
o Arthropods
o Insects
o Echinodermata
o Chordates
Be able to label the body parts of an insect (head, thorax, abdomen, compound eyes,
antennae)
Be able to distinguish among the different groups of animals within the chordate
phylum:
o Fish
o Amphibians
o Reptiles
o Birds
o Mammals