Plants
What is stem?
The job of this plant part is to carry water, nutrients and food throughout the plant.
What is protection?
The shell of a crab provides this.
What is desert?
This ecosystem receives the least amount of rain.
What is adaptation?
A structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals and leaves nutrients in the soil.
What is roots?
These are structures that take in water and nutrients and hold the plant in place.
What is skin?
Worms and salamanders take in oxygen through this.
What is a tropical rain forest?
This ecosystem is hot and damp year around.
What is shelter?
Animals seek a safe place to protect themselves called this.
What is an egg?
An animal that goes through metamorphosis starts its life as this.
What is the stem?
The trunk of a tree is an example of this plant part.
What are vertebrates?
Animals with a backbone are called this.
What is tundra?
This ecosystem is covered with permafrost, a permanently frozen layer of ground. (The North Pole)
What is reproduce?
To make more of one's kind.
What are other organisms or nutrients?
Since animals can't produce their own energy like plants, they get their energy from this source.
What is a fern?
A type of plant that never makes seeds.
What are reptiles?
Vertebrates with scaly skin are called this.
What is a seedling?
Once a seed begins to germinate, it is called this.
What is bending toward the sunlight?
When a plant is in the shade, it responds by doing this.
What is inherited traits?
The color of your eyes, skin and hair are examples of these.
What is spores?
Instead of making seeds, a fern makes these.
What is exoskeleton?
This thin hard covering is found on most invertebrates.
What is forest?
This ecosystem is covered with trees.
What is make seeds?
In a plant, this is the job of the flower.
What is mimicry?
When one living thing imitates another in color or shape.