What do scientists study that provide clues about extinct species over geologic time?
fossils
An animal has to modify its behavior to the enviornment to survive? True or False
True
Name the stages in the life cycle of an insect.
egg, larva, pupa, adult
How does a species survive a climate change over thousands of years?
It adapts to the changing climate.
Is this a metaphor, hyperbole, or personification?
The birds singing this morning woke me up!
personification
What is paleontology?
The study of fossils of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
How are inherited traits of an organisim passed?
from parents to offspring
What is an acquired trait?
Physical feature that is influenced by environmental factors and not inherited to next generation.
What is migration?
An adaptation when animals from one habitat move to another in search of food, better conditions, or reproductive needs.
What is a story about a person called?
Biography
Definition: a group of living things that are no longer living and cannot be found on Earth
extinct
What can be adapted over time and generations to allow species to survive environmental change?
traits
What is a life cycle?
A series of stages a living thing goes through during its life.
Organisms that CANNOT __________ will die off.
Adapt to environmental change
8x7
56
Explain how a plant can be a fossil.
Mold fossil, trace fossil, cast fossil.... teachers choice
What will happen to the population of a plant species in a grassland ecosystem during a long drought? The population of a plant species in a grassland ecosystem will ______ during a long drought.
either adapt and survive or die off
Name the three types of fossils.
Mold fossil, cast fossil, trace fossil.
How could a scientist find fossils, fire reamins, and traces of organisms in an underwater cave?
The cave was once not underwater, when glaciers melted it filled the cave with water. The reminas stayed in the cave as it went through changes.
If Miss Shorey left her house at 7:22 for school. Miss Shorey arrived at school at 8:04. How long was Miss Shoreys drive to school.
42 minutes
How is it possible for a fossil of an ocean creature to be discovered in a layer of mountain rock?
Water on early Earth was once as high as most of today's mountains.
Why are some traits NOT inherited?
Organisms adapt to the environment and change throughout their life to survive.
Which of the following options help a species to survive? (Name 3)
Migrating, working in a group, adapting to the environment, modfying its behaviors
What would happen if all the big fish in a food chain were removed? What happens to the food chain?
The small fish would begin to over populate and will eat all the plants until there is none. The fish will adapt or die off.
What is the main different between a food web and a food chain?
A food chain outlines who eats whom. A food web is all of the food chains in an ecosystem