What is this adaptation good for?
What is the adaptation for:
Owls are nocturnal (awake at nighttime, sleep during the day). Their hearing is incredibly precise. Their round face works like a satellite dish, collecting sounds and channeling those sounds to ears on the side of their face.
being able to find prey in the dark
What are some of the functions of a plant's roots?
Anchor the plant to the ground, take nutrients and water from the soil, store food (in the case of potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, etc.)
Food webs are made from _________ __________ that overlap
food chains
A food chain passes ________ from one living thing to another.
energy
What is the carrying capacity?
the number of organisms that an ecosystem can support
What is this adaptation for:
Bats are incredibly social animals. They work to feed their colony as well as take turns caring for their young. They emit sounds from their mouths or nostrils at ultrasound frequencies (these are sounds that humans can't hear).
Any are correct:
Finding and communicating with other bats
To find food
To evade predators
To navigate their surroundings
What structure of a plant transports water and nutrients to all parts of the plant?
Stem
What type of living thing would be found at the TOP of a food web?
A food chain ALWAYS begins with__________
producer
What is the carrying capacity of this organism?
1995-72
1996-76
1997-75
1998-70
1999-79
2000-73
Acceptable answers are between 70-80
What is this adaptation for:
Scorpions' exoskeletons glow when they are under UV light (ultraviolet light, this is light that humans can't see). The sun emits UV light, however, scorpions are nocturnal (they are awake at night and sleep during the day), and hide under rocks and sand during the day to keep cool.
They glow during the day to know when it is day time (so they can go to sleep), and night time (so they can hunt).
Name an animal, name one of its structures, and name the function of that structure
the Sun
The thing that eats the producer is called the ___________
consumer
What is the carrying capacity of this organism?
2000-6
2001-3
2002-4
2003-2
2004-3
Acceptable answers are between 2 and 4
What is this adaptation for:
Cuttlefish and other animals that live in the deep sea (where there is no light) produce light from their bodies (this is known as bioluminescence). However, unlike some bioluminescence animals, these animals are not predators trying to lure their prey as they eat eggs, plankton, and decomposing organisms.
Correct answers include:
sensing food in the dark
scaring predators (I shine and if you eat me, a predator will eat you)
Herbivores (animals that eat plants only) tend to have eyes on opposite sides of their heads in order to see almost 360 degrees. What is this adaptation good for?
seeing predators come from behind them
In a Mississippi swamp, alligators and great blue herons eat fish. Which type of organism is the great blue heron?
consumer
Consider this food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> mouse => snake
Which organism is a producer?
Grass
year 1-10
year 2-39year 3- 74
year 4-35
year 5-37
Acceptable answers are between 35-40
What is this adaptation for:
Deer are often solitary animals (they spend their time alone), until it is mating season. Male deers have antlers that come around the mating season and fall off for the rest of the year.
Finding mates to reproduce
Human brains have a section for speaking and processing language. Dogs, cats, and many other animals do not have this section. What adaptation is this good for?
Humans can communicate with other humans in order to find food, escape predators, understand the environment, etc.
In the rainforests, fungi eat and break down dead organisms. What type of organism is the fungi?
decomposer
Consider this food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> mouse => snake
Which organism(s) is a consumer?
Grasshopper, mouse, snake
What happened during year 3?
year 1-10
year 2-39
year 3- 74
year 4-35
year 5-37
Acceptable answers include:
more food
less predators