Vocab to know - Ch. 3
To put similar things into groups
What is classify
An organism that makes its own food for energy
What is a producer
These animals are covered in feathers and live on land. They are warm-blooded, use lungs to breath and have beaks. They all lay eggs.
What are birds
This is home to many trees and animals. Trees like oak, maple, and beech lose their leaves in the winter. Shrubs and small plants grow here. In the cold winter most animals hibernate and the birds migrate to warmer areas.
What is a mixed forest
Protists, fungi, plants and animals are examples of the four ________
What are kingdoms
A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring
What are species
There is _________ when organisms share limited resources
What is competition
What are fish
This place has little rain, hot days, and cool nights. Some are rocky and some are sandy. Plants like cactuses live here and animals such as coyotes, tortoises, lizards and rattlesnakes live in this ecosystem.
What is the desert
What do deserts lack that most likely causes its inability to support plant life?
What is rain
________ animals have backbones and _________ do not have backbones
What are vertebrates and invertebrates
A diagram that uses arrows to show energy relationships among organisms and combines many food chains together
What is a food web
These animals have hair or fur, can live on land or in the water, and use lungs to breath. These animals have live births and produce milk for their babies. These animals are warm-blooded
What are mammals
The water in this ecosystem partly covers the land during part of the year. Trees such as the mangrove and some grasses are able to grow in the salty water. Some animals living there might be various types of birds, snakes and a variety of insects.
What are the coastal wetlands
What do the arrows in a food chain or food web tell us?
What is the transfer of energy
_________ plants have special tubes for carrying food and water to all its parts and __________ plants do not.
What are vascular and nonvascular
An organism that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead organisms
What is a decomposer
These animals have scales and can live on land or in water. Most lay eggs while giving birth, use lungs to breath and are cold-blooded
What are reptiles
The specific traits of some organisms here help them to survive cold weather with little rain. Many animals have thick fur coats. Usually located in most northern areas of the earth or up in the mountains. Rodants, rabbits and caribou feed on small plants and grassess. Weasels, polar bears and foxes live in this ecosystem as well.
What is the tundra
What are some benefits of a natural forest fire?
Can make room or new habitats and it returns the nutrients to the soil.
What is a dichotomous key
A series of steps by which energy moves from one type of living thing to another
What is a food chain
These animals are covered with soft, moist skin and are cold-blooded. When they are young they breath through gills and live in water, when they are adults they live on land and breath through lungs. These animals usually lay eggs in water.
What are amphibians
This ecosystem has harsh, long winters and the soil is low in nutrients. Some small animals such as squirrels, birds and insects eat berries and seeds from trees. Larger animals like elk and moose eat tree bark and young plants.
What is the Taiga
What information does the classification system for organisms give you?
It gives you information about different organisms, provides names for every organism and allows scientists to know a lot about an organism from its category