STAGES IN LIFE A life cycle is the stages in the life of a living thing Animals are born A grow into adults that can have their own babies and eventually die The babies grow into adults and have more young and so the cycle continues Plants have similar cycles S E Male giraffes fight to win the right to have babies with a female giraffe to test
Many animals are small and weak when they are first THINKABOUT IT Reproduction is when born They face dangers such as other animals that animals have babies It is an essential part want to eat them of life cycles What As animals grow into would be the effect adults they become bigger if living things could and stronger Then they are not reproduce and able to have and care for have young their own young Human babies develop inside their mother's body for nine months Most parents care for their children for up to 18 years after birth if not longer 5
FLOWERS A plant s flowers are an important part of its life cycle Inside a flower there are male and female parts The male parts make a powder called pollen When pollen from a flower moves to the female part of a flower a seed starts to grow in the flower One day this seed might grow into a new plant Pollen Can you see the orange pollen dust on the male parts of this lily a
Some plants use animals to move their pollen Flowers contain a sugary juice called nectar When birds and bees feed on the nectar pollen rubs onto the animals The pollen rubs off again when the animals visit another flower Some plants use the wind to pollinate their flowers Pollinate means to move pollen from the male parts of a flower to the female parts When a hummingbird feeds on nectar it helps to move the flowers polien from one plant to
