Changes in an Ecosystem
Adaptations
Heredity
Miscellaneous
100
What can happen when an ecosystem changes and an animal cannot adapt?
It will have to move or make changes in the way it lives in order to survive (eat new things). It could become endangered.
100
Why do animals and people need to adapt?
So that they can survive and thrive in their environments.
100
What part of your mother's genes do you inherit?
50%
100
How did the bald eagle almost become extinct?
The farmers were using DDT on their crops and it got into the water/fish the eagles ate. Their eggs became thin and the babies couldn't hatch out.
200
How can a beaver change an ecosystem?
By building a dam that creates a new pond ecosystem for other organisms.
200
What is a behavioral adaptation?
It is how an animal acts or behaves that increases its chances of survival.
200
The pink flamingo inherited its pink feathers from its parents. True or False
False Its feathers are pink due to the shrimp it eats.
200
The dodo bird became extinct. How did that happen?
Some animals were introduced to their habitat that liked eating their eggs. Also, they were over-hunted.
300
ALL changes in an ecosystem are harmful. True or False
false
300
What are three examples of behavioral adaptations?
migrating, hibernating, building nests, animals circling their young to protect them, living in a herd...
300
What are some traits (4) that you may inherit from a family member?
eye color, right or left handedness, freckles, dimples, nose shape, straight or curly hair, ear type, hair color
300
How does an invasive species change an ecosystem?
It takes over and makes it harder for other things already there to live.
400
What is the cause of acid rain?
car exhaust and factory smokestack pollution
400
What do you call a physical feature/body part that helps an animal survive?
A structural adaptation
400
What is the difference between a learned behavior and an instinct?
A learned behavior is something you were taught and an instinct is something you are born knowing how to do, such as cry when hungry.
400
How do some invasive species get introduced to an ecosystem?
A. brought to a new place on purpose B. get transported to a new place by accident
500
How is acid rain harmful?
Can cause health risks/sickness, harm fish and insects in lakes and streams, the chemicals can harm buildings and statues that get rained on.
500
What do you call an organism that no longer has any members of its kind left on earth?
extinct
500
Why aren't children from the same parents all exactly alike?
Because each child inherits a different combination of their parent's genes/DNA.
500
An opossum knows to play dead when being threatened by its prey. What type of adaptation is this?
behavioral adaptation
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