Have hair or fur, give birth to live young, feed babies mother's milk, have lungs and need air, have four legs, warm blooded
100
A group of one kind of organism.
What is a population?
100
An organism that makes its own food.
What is a producer?
200
The organelle that stores food, water, and waste.
What is the vacuole?
200
An organism that eats only plants.
What is an herbivore?
200
Name two characteristics of reptiles.
Cold blooded, have scales, have 4 legs or no legs, have ear holes, usually lay eggs
200
The plants and animals that live in one area.
What is a community?
200
An organism that breaks down waste and turns it into nutrients for the soil.
What is a decomposer?
300
The layer of fat and protein that acts like a screen and surrounds the edge of a cell.
What is the cell membrane?
300
An organism that eats both plants and meat.
What is omnivore?
300
List two characteristics of birds.
Have feathers, have wings, have ear holes, warm blooded, lay eggs
300
An organism's home.
What is a habitat?
300
An organism that eats plants and/or animals.
What is consumer?
400
The organelle that converts sugar into energy
What is mitochondrion?
400
Give an example of an omnivore.
Answers vary.
400
List two characteristics of amphibians.
Cold blooded, live on land and water, breathe with lungs and gills, webbed feet, smooth moist skin, lay many eggs, 4 legs or no legs
400
The living and nonliving things in an area make up the...
ecosystem.
400
An organism that eats dead things.
What is scavenger?
500
Name two organelles that are in plant cells and not in animal cells.
Cell Wall and Chloroplast
500
Give an example of a carnivore and an herbivore.
Answers vary.
500
List 2 characteristics of fish.
Live in water, breathe with gills, lay many eggs, have fins, have scales, cold blooded
500
The study of living things
What is ecology?
500
Why is each part of the circle of life important?
Each part is important because each relies on the other groups to survive. Producers create oxygen and use carbon dioxide. Consumers use plants and each other for food. Scavengers get rid of dead plants and animals. Decomposers break down the waste and leftovers into nutrients for the producers.