Name That Place
All living and non-living things that are interdependent and interact in this area.
What is an ecosystem?
The coloring, marking, or other physical appearance of an animal that allow it to blend into or with its surroundings.
What is camouflage?
The preserved traces and remains of an organism that lived long ago.
What is a fossil?
Bears and other animals may hibernate during the cold months because of this.
What is lack of food in their habitat?
An area that meets all of an animal or plant's needs, such as food, water, shelter, air and space.
What is a habitat?
These markings on some animals confuse predators by making them think heads are tails!
What are false eyes?
A scientist who studies fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
Forest fires are detrimental to animals in that habitat because of this.
What is their homes are destroyed?
This habitat, found in Virginia, is home to squirrels, birds, chipmunks and insects.
What is a forest?
When animals move to another region as seasons change and/or food supplies become scarce.
What is migration?
When a habitat is destroyed, this can happen meaning none of the animal or plant species are alive any longer?
What is extinct?
What is cutting down trees?
This habitat is home to rattlesnakes, lizards, cacti and camels.
What is a desert?
Usually during the colder months, animals go into a deep sleep using very little energy and not eating.
What is hibernation?
This type of fossil, formed from tree sap can often contain the remains of a full-intact insect.
What is amber?
Because of this, water sources may become dirty and animals may not have sufficient water to drink.
What is pollution?
Animals that live in this habitat include polar bears, seals, caribou, hares and foxes.
What is the Arctic?
With this adaptation, animals look like another animal or its surroundings allowing them to hide from or fool predators.
What is mimicry?
Fossils can tell what size an animal may have been and this, by its teeth.
What is what the animal ate?
This phenomenon has resulted in a rise in Earth's temperature, rising sea levels due to melting glaciers and more intense storms.
What is climate change? (Global warming)