Consumers
What is a herbivore?
An animal that only eats plant products.
What does 'interconnected' mean?
When two things are interconnected, they are linked to one another. This means if one of them changes, so does the other.
What is an example of a reptile?
Snake, alligator, crocodile, lizard, caiman, iguana, etc.
What makes an animal an invertebrate?
They do not have a backbone.
What is Guyana's national animal?
Jaguar
What is a carnivore?
An animal that only eats meat.
What is a food chain?
A food chain or energy chain shows the feeding relationships among living organisms.
What is a similarity between a jaguar and a fish?
They both have a backbone.
Is a spider an insect?
No, a spider is an arachnid.
What is the rainforest in Guyana called?
Iwokrama
What is an example of an omnivore?
Gorilla, bear, chicken, dog, human, etc.
What is the relationship between food chains and food webs?
A food web is a system of interconnected food chains.
Which vertebrates are warm blooded?
Birds and mammals are warm blooded.
What is an example of an arthropod?
Myriapods, crustaceans, arachnids, insects
What is an animal adaptation?
An animal adaptation is a mechanism that helps the animal survive and reproduce in their environment.
Ex. scales on a snake, claws for a predator, camouflage for a chameleon.
What is the primary macronutrient humans get when eating meat?
Protein
What do the arrows of a food web mean?
The transfer of energy between trophic levels.
OR
The direction in which the producer/consumer is consumed.
What are two traits of amphibians?
Moist skin, cold blooded, gills when young and lungs when mature, lay eggs.
What are the different stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
Egg, nymph, and adult.
What are the two types of metamorphosis?
Can you name examples of animals that go through each?
What is an animal that is both predator and prey?
Snake, certain fish, chicken, etc.
What happens to the tertiary consumer if you remove the primary consumer from the food chain?
Name all the groups of vertebrates.
Bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, fish
Name all the different groups of invertebrates.
Arthropods (myriapods, crustaceans, arachnids, insects), molluscs, and worms
Climate change affects animal habitats by drastically altering the habitats animals live in, making it difficult for them to adapt to the ecosystem they live in...