Living/Nonliving
Any living thing
An organism
What is an adaptation?
A physical feature or action that animals have or do to help them survive in their environment.
What is the smallest group in an ecosystem
an organism
What makes one biome different from another biome?
the weather, soil type, and temperature
Ways animals or animals act or how their body changes to help them survive in their environment
adaptations
Which is nonliving? A squirrel, two raccoons, a snake, a rock, a palm tree
A rock
How do humans "adapt"
Clothes for different seasons, acting in school differently than recess, etc.
Describe a population
all of one kind of species that lives in an ecosystem
What biome would be described as arid.
desert
This biome is located on the poles of the globe and the community is made up of penguins, permafrost, and birds
the Arctic
Which of the following is an example of a living thing: a feather, water, a beetle, rocks, a waterfall
A beetle
What are two examples of how animals adapt to cold weather?
hibernating, gathering food, getting a thick coat of fur, black skin, etc.
Describe what would make up the community of coral reef
clown fish, jelly fish, seaweed, etc.
Which biome would be described as aquatic?
marine, coral reef, etc.
Which state, in the United States, is covered mostly by desert?
Arizona
Three of the signs of life of living things
moving, growing and changing, responding, needing food, and getting rid of waste
What are two ways plants adapt to living in the rainforest?
growing quickly, growing tall, needing a lot of water, being poisonous, etc.
Describe the difference between a habitat and a community
a habitat is the background of an ecosystem- the living plants and nonliving things- no animals while a community is all the living things (plants and animals) in an ecosystem
How is the tundra biome different from the desert biome?
tundra is dry and mostly cold while desert biome is dry and mostly hot
Which type of living thing could adapt by hunting at night or shedding its coat
animals
In order to survive, all living things need:
space, shelter, air (oxygen), food, and water
Two types of adaptations
physical and behavioral
Describe an ecosystem
an area of land and all the living and nonliving things that interact within it
Think of your biome you researched. What is the community that lived there?
What is (depending on biome)
Another way to say plants and animals need oxygen, is saying they need...
air