Meeting Needs
Ecosystems
Human Changes
Animal and Plant Changes
Major Concepts
100
Name 3 things animals must have to survive.
What are food, water, and shelter? Air is also accepted.
100
These freshwater ecosystems can be found in Ohio. They can be home to many different types of fish.
What are lakes, ponds, and rivers?
100
Deforestation is taking place in the rain forest. Tell 2 ways this is harmful to the ecosystem.
What are animals are losing their homes; we are losing trees that make oxygen; and the soil may be washed away?
100
Explain how beavers may change their environment.
What is they cut down trees to build a lodge?
100
Explain how a food chain works.
What is a large animal eats a medium sized animal and the medium sized animal eats a small animal...?
200
Explain why green plants need sunlight. Hint: photosynthesis
What is to make their own food?
200
True or False You can find a desert ecosystem in the Unites States.
What is true?
200
Explain what might happen if a human dumps chemicals into or pollutes a river.
What is it may kill the plants and animals?
200
We read Cactus Hotel. Explain how the animals used the cactus to meet their needs.
What is they made their home in the cactus? What is some ate the fruit?
200
An artic fox is white in the winter and darker in the summer. Explain how this helps it survive.
What is it is camouflaged? It blends in with its surroundings.
300
A bird might do this in the winter when it cannot find enough to eat.
What is fly south or migrate?
300
Name 2 plants and 2 animals that can be found in the artic tundra.
What artic fox, snowy owl, lemming, caribou, musk ox, moss, lichens, grass, flowers, and bushes?
300
We cut down many trees to make paper or build homes. Explain what humans can do to be more responsible with this natural resource.
What are recycle or replant trees?
300
Termites can be harmful. Explain how termites can be helpful.
What is they break wood down, and it becomes part of the soil?
300
Plants and animals are adapted to live in their environments. Explain what a lizard does to survive in the desert.
What is the lizard stays in the shade during the day?
400
A home for plants and animals where their needs are met
What is a habitat?
400
Explain why a freshwater fish could not live in an ocean ecosystem.
What is it is not adapted to live in salt water?
400
Trash goes into the ground or a landfill. Name 2 things we can recycle not including paper.
What are glass, plastic, pop cans, cardboard...?
400
Deciduous trees (oak, maple, elm) do this in the fall to save water
What is drop their leaves?
400
All plants and animals are important to their ecosystem. Explain what might happen if a drought killed all the plants in a certain ecosystem.
What is the plant eaters would die?
500
Some types of squirrels hibernate. Other squirrels do this so they have enough to eat during the winter.
What is store or collect nuts?
500
Name 2 differences between a forest ecosystem and a rain forest.
What are different locations, different weather, different temperatures, different plants, different animals...?
500
Some animals are endangered. Explain what might happen if humans don't help protect these animals.
What is they may become extinct?
500
Many desert plants have roots close to the surface of the ground. Explain how this is helpful in the hot, dry desert.
What is the roots quickly suck up the rain?
500
Explain what might happen if an animal could not get its needs met in its environment.
What is it would die or it would have to find another home?
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