Vocabulary
Food Webs & Food Chains
Types of Ecosystems
Adaptations
Miscellaneous
100
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material
What is a decomposer
100
Animals that hunt other organisms for food are called
What are predators
100
Most organisms live in this part of the ocean.
What is the shallow water
100
Animals that sleep during the day and are active at night.
What is nocturnal 
100
A special structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in an environment
What is an adaptation


** HINT- you will need to know specific examples of adaptations for your test!**

200
The pattern of weather in a certain place over a long period of time
What is climate
200
Which shows more information?  A food web or a food chain?
What is a food web
200
These are the five world oceans
What are: Altantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans
200
When one living things imitates another in color or shape
What is mimicry
200
Living things interacting in their environment make up what?
What is an ecosystem
300
An organism that makes its own food
What is a producer
300
These organisms eat only meat.
What are carnivores
300
This ecosystem has 4 seasons, trees that lose leaves in the fall, and soil rich in humus.
What is a TEMPERATE rainforest 
300
To go into a deep sleep.
What is hibernate
300
True or False: Deserts are always hot
False
400
Another name for an animals home.  (For example, for a fish, water is its __________)
What is habitat
400
These organisms eat plants and animals
What are omnivores
400
Soil is made up of these two parts
What is rock and humus
400
Moving from one place to another
What is Migrate
400
What do decomposers do that is good for our ecosystems?
What is they add nutrients to the soil
500
A system that shows how energy is passed from one organism to another
What is a food chain
500
The three types of organisms in a food chain are...
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers
500

This type of ecosystem has more living things than any other ecosystem

What is the Ocean

500
Plants in this ecosystem have roots that spread out to get a firm grip on the muddy ground.
What is a wetland
500
The adaptation of blending in
What is camouflage 
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