Vocabulary
What is the definition of soil?
Dirt
An animal that hunts other animals is known as a ________?
Predator
True or false, soil is known as the heart of most ecosystems on land.
What is the process for getting oil out of the ground?
Oil rigs are used and oil is pumped from beneath the earth's crust.
What is the definition for habitat?
Environment where an animal lives.
Animals that are hunted by other animals for food?
Prey
Give an example of a decomposer.
What has allowed humans to change the environment?
Technology
What is the definition of ecology?
The study of living things and their environment.
True or false, food chains do not include plants
False, food chains do include plants
Give an example of a producer.
A plant
What happens if one part of the food chain disappears forever?
It affects the food chain, each living thing depend on each other. It would upset the natural balance of the food chain.
What is the definition of a reserve?
an area of land where plants and animals are given special protection.
What are some creatures that are hidden from sight in the forest?
Beetles, worms, and ants
Give an example of a consumer.
What have humans done to protect the environment?
3 answers - must get all to get points
1. Recycle
2. tree farms
3. wind farms (electricity)
What is the definition of petrified?
slowly changed into stone over time.
Give an example of a food chain.
Apex Predator (lion) eats a (deer), a deer eats a (acorn), Acorn decompose or sprout.
What is the most important decomposer?
bacteria
Why did John Muir walk to Florida and then on to California?
He loved nature and wanted to experience it.