What in the World?
The Ecosystem
Plants
Animals
Break It Down
100
What an animal species dies out forever
extinct or endangered
extinct
100
What is the gas that surrounds the Earth?
air
100
the top layer of Earth's surface, where plants grow
soil
100
covered in fur or hair and produces milk for its young
mammal
100
very tiny organisms that are everywhere; you need a microscope to see them
bacteria
200
What is the physical world including plants, animals, water, land, and air?
environment
200
What are all the living things in a specific place and how they interact with each other?
ecosystem
200
You can ____ a plant by looking at its flowers and leaves.
identify
200
small animals that live on land and in the water
amphibians
200
Which of the following is NOT a decomposer?
worm
snake
fungus
insect
snake
300
What is a habitat?
where an animal lives in nature
300
For plants to ______, or stay alive, we must provide them with water and sunlight to grow.
survive
300
Is grass considered common or rare?
common
300
Name TWO examples of wild animals.
(lion, elephant, bear, tiger, deer, rabbits, fox, etc.)
300
Name THREE organisms.
(any plant or animal)
400
Name two extinct animals.
(dinosaurs, saber-tooth cat, dodo bird, mammoth, etc.)
400
Name THREE things you could find in an ecosystem.
(sun, water, plants, animals, insects, etc.)
400
Name two edible plants.
Answers will vary.
400
How do reptiles start their life cycle?
Egg
400
When dead plants or animals begin breaking down and become part of the soil, what process is happening?
decay
500
When a habitat as the right amount of each type of animal, not too many or too few, what is that habitat called?
balanced
500
What do trees produce or make that humans and animals need to survive?
oxygen
500
What happens if you eat a poisonous plant?
You will get sick.
500
What are the FIVE animal classes we studied?
amphibians, fish, mammals, birds, reptiles
500
What is something that an organism eats to survive and grow?
nutrient