Vocabulary
Describe the climate of a tropical rain forest
Hot, humid and wet
What is an omnivore
This level of the food chain is where organic material is broken down
What are decomposers?
An animal that is hunted and eaten as food
What is prey
Which layer of the rainforest has the tallest trees and high winds
What is the emergent layer
A leopard's spots blends in with mud, leaves, and branches. This is an example of what type of adaptation?
What is camouflage?
An animal that only consumes producers is
What is primary consumer (herbivore)
These animals have no predators and are carnivores
What are apex predators
Name a behavioral adaptation that birds or salmon would utilize
what is migration
A viceroy butterfly looks like a monarch butterfly to avoid being hunted
What is mimicry
To move to warmer regions during cold months when food becomes scarce.
What is migrate?
An animal that hunts or eats other animals for food
What is predator?
Behavior an animal is born with to help it survive
What is instinct
An ordered arrangement of animals and plants exchanging energy
What is a food chain
This level of consumer eats plants and animals. An example from our lab is a palm civet
What is a secondary consumer
Many different living things
What is biodiversity?
A plant that gets some of its food by trapping and eating insects and other small animals
What is a carnivorous plant?
Describe the climate of a temperate rain forest
Cold winters, wet, warm summers
Name 2 structural adaptations
Webbed feet, buttress roots, red leaves, prehensile tail etc.
Name 3 adaptations
Mimicry, camouflage, migration, hibernation, etc
These organisms produce their own food
What are producers