Organism Traits'
What is a trait?
Characteristics or attributes of an organism that are expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment.
Name one need of living things:
Water or food
What is biomimicry?
The practice of learning from nature to solve problems.
Who does change in environment effect?
It can effect a population.
What color shells do grove snails have?
Brown, pink, yellow, olive, red, or orange
Name one trait of grove snails:
Shell color.
Why do organisms need food?
To obtain energy, which is essential for carrying out all life processes like growth, movement, reproduction, and repair.
Why do we study animals for biomimicry?
To learn how their adaptations help them survive, and to apply those lessons to solve human problems.
What can change in an environment?
Climate change, pollution, deforestation, natural disasters, and loss of biodiversity
How do snails protect themselves?
Their shells, mucus, and behaviors
How do traits help organisms?
There are specific characteristics that allow them to better survive and reproduce in their environment.
What do animals need to survive?
Sunlight, food, water, air, and habitat
How do engineers use biomimicry?
Organism traits can inspire engineers to create designs that solve problems.
Why do environments change?
Both natural events like volcanic eruptions and weather patterns, but also because of human activities like cutting down trees, polluting water, and burning fossil fuels.
How might yellow shells be less successful?
What does adaptive mean?
A change made in a living thing that helps it survive in its environment.
How do living things get water and food?
Plants make their own food through photosynthesis. Animals get food by eating other living things and drinking water.
Name a product inspired by nature:
Camouflage clothing- from animals
What happens if an animal's habitat is destroyed?
It can no longer access the necessary food, water, shelter, and breeding grounds to survive, leading to potential population decline, migration to new areas if possible, or even extinction if different habitats are not an option.
What challenges could grove snails face in an environment?
Habitat loss, invasive species, or predators
Give an example of a non-adaptive trait:
Bright colored feathers in a bird or the inability to fly
Why is shelter important for survival?
It protects organisms from the elements, predators, and other threats
Biomimicry affects who and why is it important?
Biomimicry affects everyone, especially future generations of scientists, engineers, and designers. It encourages them to look to nature for inspiration when solving problems, by learning from how animals and plants have adapted to their environments.
What vocab words that we learned applies to environmental change?
Survive, organism, environment, population, trait, predator, adaptive, and non-adaptive.
What is important about a grove snail that helps it survive?
The color of the shell camouflages them making them harder to be spotted by predators.