Food Webs
An organism that gets its energy from eating plants or animals.
What is a consumer?
An organism that gets energy by eating only other animals
What is a carnivore?
A characteristic that helps animals blend in with their surroundings
What is camouflage?
A characteristic that is passed down from parent to offspring
What is an Inherited trait?
Riding a bike is an example of a
What is a learned behavior?
An interconnected set of food chains
What is a Food Web?
All Living and non-living things and all their interactions in an area
What is an ecosystem
ANY characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive
What is adaptation?
A behavior that is acquired through experience
What is learned behavior?
A single. self contained, living thing
What is an organism?
An organism that uses sunlight to produce its own food and energy
What is a producer?
An organism that gets energy by eating only plants
What is an herbivore?
When an organism copies a characteristic of another organism to increase its chances of survival or reproduction?
What is Mimicry?
Jennifer learned how to juggle, has green eyes and brown hair. How many Inherited/behavior traits are listed?
1 learned behavior and 2 inherited traits
A Long term relationship between two different kinds of organisms where one or both receive benefit
What is Symbiotic?
What happens to plants and animals when they die?
a) they become food for decomposers b)they become food for producers c) they provide energy for the sun
What is A) they become food for decomposers
What does soil, rocks, air, sun and water have in common?
What is they are non-liviing parts of an ecosystem"
The place where an animal or plant lives
What is habitat?
What trait did the offspring inherit from the adult cactus? a) weather conditions b) needle shape c)Location d) age
What is b) needle shape?
A process by which an organism slows its life functions for an extended period of time to preserve energy or resist harsh conditions
What is Hibernation?
The sun is important in many ways, what is the purpose of the sun in a food web?
What is the sun provides energy for plants to make food?
An organism that gets energy from eating both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
The long distance, usually seasonal movement of animals from one place to another
What is migration
It takes a child several hours of practice to be able to ride a skateboard successfully. This is an example of a
What is learned behavior?
Physical features like a bill on a bird or the fur on a bear
What is a structural adaptation