Vocabulary
Biosphere/Biodiversity
Characteristics of Organisms
Structure and Function
Adaptations
100
Maintenance of internal conditions.
What is homeostasis?
100
Means "life" or "relating to life"
What is bio-?
100
In order to be considered a living thing, it must be made up of __________.
What is cells?
100
Long beak on a woodpecker
What is to reach deep into trees to get food?
100
sandpapery tongue on a cat
What is a physical adaptation?
200
A change in living things over time. Explains the unity and diversity of life.
What is evolution?
200
The three parts of the biosphere. Land, water, and air (in that order).
What are the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere?
200
It is important that all living things get some type of this in order to survive. For plants, they make their own, for animals, they rely on other sources.
What is energy?
200
Long tongues on a frog
What is to reach food from a distance?
200
sending the lionesses out to catch food
What is behavioral adaptation?
300
A type of species that can breed and reproduce.
What is a species?
300
The part of the Earth where all life exists.
What is the biosphere?
300
When we get goose bumps because something doesn't feel right is an example of __________________.
What is a response to the environment?
300
Deep roots on trees
What is to get water and nutrients from deep in the ground?
300
Leaving an invisible trail so your colony knows where you've been
What is behavioral adaptation
400
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
400
The variety of different types of life on Earth.
What is biodiversity?
400
If we were unable to ________________ and ________________ it would be the demise of our (or any) species.
What is reproduce and develop?
400
A blow hold on a dolphin
What is to breathe?
400
Leaves turning color in the fall
What is physical adaptation
500
The scientific study of all forms of life.
What is biology?
500
The stability of the temperature here makes it the most biodiverse portion of Earth.
What is the Equator?
500
This molecule is responsible for passing on genetic information.
What is DNA?
500
Large leaves on an elephant hostas
What is more sun absorption?
500
Long thin, bendable branches on a willow tree
What is physical adaptation?
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