Animal Organisms
Animals with a backbone
vertebrates
All organisms have ___________ that allow it to survive in its environment.
adaptations
Because plants produce their own food, they are called
producers
All energy comes from ______, and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community.
the sun
All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up an (starts with an "E")
ecosystem
Animals without a backbone
invertebrates
Structural adaptations are ____________ that help an organism survive, like long beaks, webbed feet, camouflage.
body parts
Organisms such as animals do not get their energy from the sun. They get their energy by:
Eating plants OR eating other animals that have eaten plants
All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem make up a
food web
All of the organism's in a forest make up a forest c__________, and all of the organisms in a pond make up a pond c__________. (same word)
community
Snakes lizards and fish are (invertebrate or vertebrate)
vertebrate
Behavioral adaptations are things that organisms do to survive. Some examples of behavioral adaptations: (3)
migration, hibernation, instincts, etc.
Organisms that get their energy from eating plants or animals are called
consumers
Food chains and food webs always start with this producer
a plant
Everything in an ecosystem depends on everything else. Humans often destroy ecosystems by ___________ ponds, _________ _____ forests, etc.
polluting ponds, chopping down forests, etc.
clams, squid, worms, and insects are examples of (invertebrate or vertebrate)
invertebrates
A _________ eats only plants. A _______ eats only meat.
herbivore, carnivore
Organisms like fungi that break down organisms and recycle them back into the nutrient pool are called
Decomposers
The food chain starts with a producer and ends with a
decomposer
The niche of every organism is different, and an organism's niche changes as it grows. A niche is the organism's role in the community and includes: (3)
what it does, what it eats, and what eats it.
An organism's ___________ provides food, water, shelter, and space.
habitat
An organism that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
The sun's energy cycles through the ecosystem in this order: ______> ______ >_________ >________
sun>producers>consumers>decomposers
The specific place an organism has in the food web is the organism's (begins with the letter "N")
niche
Groups of like Species that live in the same place at the same time. (Like all of the people living in Virginia)
population