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Life Cycles

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1997

Life Cycles
23 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

Bill traces the journey every living thing takes - birth, growth, reproduction, and death - across plants and animals.

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Discussion

Bill traces the journey every living thing takes - birth, growth, reproduction, and death - across plants and animals..

  1. What stages do all living things share?
  2. How are a plant's and an animal's life cycles alike and different?
  3. Why is reproduction part of every life cycle?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: life cycle, reproduce, growth.

Try it: Draw the life cycle of a plant or animal in order, labeling each stage.