What are the three main roles of organisms in a food chain? YOU MUST NAME ALL THREE TO RECEIVE ANY POINTS!!
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
100
Why does an Arctic Fox's fur change color from summer to winter?
Camouflage from it's predators.
100
What are they five needs of animals?
Habitat (shelter), food, water, air (oxygen), and climate.
100
A group of organisms of the same species living in one area is a(n) _____________.
Population
100
Name the animal that has the following adaptations:
1) Tail that stores fats. This long flattened tail is also used for swimming.
2) Venom is used to fight off attackers and used for competition among each other.
3) Venom is used to fight off attackers and used for competition among each other.
4) Can remain underwater from 1 to 5 minutes.
5) 2 eyelids for protection.
6) Webbed feet that can retract to expose claws.
The Platypus!!
200
What role would a rabbit play in the food chain?
Consumer
200
What kind of adaptation is shown when birds fly south for the winter?
Behavioral
200
The role each organism has in an ecosystem is its ________.
Niche
200
Offspring ______ genes from their parents.
Inherit.
200
Offspring ____________ genes from their parents.
Inherit
300
What role in the food chain gets energy directly from the sun?
Producer
300
Do adaptations develop quickly or slowly over time?
Slowly
300
All of the populations of organisms in a(n) _________ belong to different species but live in the same area.
Community
300
When an animal reacts to something without prior thinking about it.
Instinct.
400
Draw the following in a food web: cricket, butterfly, blue jay, grass, flower, cat, sun, human
Sun -> Grass -> Cricket----------------\--------->human
l l cat
V blue jay-----/
Flower - > Butterfly-------/
400
When an animal has adapted to looking like another animal or object in its environment as a form of protection.
Mimicry.
400
Animals often repeat a pattern, or ____________, as they move through different parts of their lives.
Cycle.
400
Name the types of animals based on what they eat, and define them as well.
Herbivore- eats only plants
Carnivore - eats only meat
Omnivore - eats both meat and plants
500
Bacteria breaks down plant and animal matter and helps make soil more fertile. What role does it have in the food chain?
Decomposer
500
The type of adaptations that comes when the body of an animal physically changes to work in its environment.
Structural.
500
What environmental change would affect a plant that grows in damp habitats: changes in temperature or amount of rainfall?
Amount of rainfall
500
Think of a Canadian Goose. What is one behavioral adaptation that helps it survive?