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The fennec, arctic, and gray foxes have different appearances because
What is they have adapted to different environments.
100
Which type of organisms get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms?
What are decomposers.
100
True or false. The ability to look like a stick or rock would be a good adaptation for prey living in the woods.
What is true.
100
A ____________________ is the organism that benefits in a relationship when another organism is harmed.
What is a parasite.
100
An ____________ shows how energy moves through an ecosystem.
What is an energy pyramid.
200
True or false. Adaptations occur when survival characteristics are passed from one generation to another.
What is true.
200
An organism that harms another in a symbiotic relationship is a
What is parasite.
200
When different species with similar needs live in an ecosystem with limited resources, what will happen?
What is they will compete for available resources.
200
Is there more energy available at the top or bottom of an energy pyramid? Why?
What is at the bottom- At each level, energy is used by organisms for life processes, and energy is lost to the environment as heat.
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__________________ is a series of predictable changes that occur in an ecosystem over time.
What is succession.
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What happens to a species that cannot adapt to changing conditions in its environment?
What is the species may become extinct.
300
How is a food chain related to a food web?
What is food chains make up food webs.
300
Why do animals generally compete?
What is animals in an area have similar needs.
300
What is one way a blizzard that drops two feet of snow might affect an ecosystem?
Ex. Birds might not be able to find food and, therefore, would have to fly to another area or die. Parents would not be able to drive because there is too much snow in the road. Plants would not be able to grow because they could not see the sun.
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__________________ is a close, long-term relationship between organisms that benefits at least one of the organisms.
What is symbiosis.
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Why does the amount of available energy decrease at higher levels of the energy pyramid?
What is some energy is used by organisms at each level for their own life processes.
400
Barnacles live on the side of a whale. The barnacles benefit but do not help or harm the whale. What kind of relationship is this?
What is commensalism?
400
As bees collect nectar from flowers, they spread pollen from one flower to another. Both species benefit. Which type of relationship is this?
What is mutualism?
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What happens to organisms at the end of a food chain if they can’t get enough food to supply their energy needs?
What is they will not survive.
400
The organism that is harmed in a relationship when another organism benefits is the ______________.
What is a host.
500
Compare how producers and consumers use energy from the Sun. Include examples of each type of organism.
Producers, such as plants, directly convert the energy of the Sun into food through photosynthesis. Consumers, such as animals, cannot make their own food from sunlight. They get their energy by eating other organisms, such as berries, grasses, and other plants.
500
In the nitrogen cycle, where to animals get their nitrogen?
What is from plants.
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Why do living things need energy? Give an example of how you get energy.
What is to carry on life functions, such as growth, repair, movement, and reproduction. Ex. I get energy when I eat food.
500
Why would it be a bad idea for a parasite to kill its host?
What is the parasite depends on the host for its needs.
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Give an example of a time that competition might occur in an ecosystem?
Example- Giraffes and zebras need something to drink and there is only one water hole. Example- Mrs. Welser brings in three bags of hot Cheetos and there are twelve students in the class that are hungry.
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