Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
Food Chain/Wed
Populations and Communities
Animal & Plant Adaptations
Causes of Extinction
100
What are producers?
Make their own food. Producers = Plants
100
Explain what a food chain is
a path of how food or energy is passed from one living thing to another.
100
Explain the term population
One kind of living thing in a community
100
Name the adaptation for a giraffe and WHY
Long necks to reach tall trees
100
How does the climate cause extinction?
From warm to cold. Some animals couldn't live in the cold places and become extinct.
200
What are consumers?
Animals. They eat other things for food.
200
What do food chains start with
Producers (plants)
200
Explain a community
All the plants and animals living together in an ecosystem
200
Geese, butterflies, sea turtles, and birds use this type of adaptation to survive
Migration
200
How do floods cause extinction?
Floods cover places that used to be dry. Animals and plants couldn't live in the new wet places.
300
What are decomposers?
Eat/Break down decaying or dead plants and animals.
300
What is at the top of the food chain?
Carnivores
300
What type of resources do animals and plants need?
food, water, air
300
Explain a cactus' adaption
Sharp spines
300
How do people cause extinction?
They hunt animals for fur and destroy habitats by cutting down trees. They add pollutants and chemicals that cause animals to become sick
400
Name 2 examples of decomposers.
earthworms, mushrooms, and bacteria
400
What are predators?
Animals that eat other animals
400
Name three changes to the environment that affect animals and plants
Floods, fires, and droughts
400
Explain how camouflage is used by animals.
Blend in with environment
400
How do new predators cause extinction?
Animals cannot defend themselves so they die out.
500
What do ALL living things get from food?
Energy
500
Explain prey
Animal that is eaten by another animal.
500
Why must animals adapt to their changing environment? What happens if they don't.
They can become extint if they don't
500
Name two animal adaptations.
long necks, long/strong legs, spots, fur, etc
500
name 1 extinct animals
Dinosaurs
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