Energy
Food
Food Chains and Webs
Seasonal Changes
Effects on the Environment
100
What are plants that make their own food called?
producers
100
Animals that eat ONLY plants are called_________
Herbivores
100
Fill in the Blank: A food chain passes ________ from one living thing to another.
energy
100
List 3 animals that go through seasonal changes and what those changes are
Fox-changes fur color and thickness
Manatee, butterfly, birds- migrate for warmth
Bears-hibernate
Others.
200
What are animals that need to eat to live called?
consumers
200
Animals that eat ONLY other animals
Carnivores
200
A food chain ALWAYS begins with__________
The Sun
200
What type of seasonal changes do trees go through?
leaves changing color
leaves falling off
going dormant
200
What would happen if you removed grass from this food chain?
Grass--mouse--fox
The animals might not survive.
300
Fill in the Blank: All living things need food to give them_____________.
Energy
300
Animals that eat BOTH plants and animals
Omnivores
300
The thing that eats the producer is called the ___________
Consumer
300
Camouflage helps animals hide. Give two animals that use camouflage regularly
Tiger
Deer
Lizards
Snakes
Birds
300
In Australia, some animals became extinct when new animals were brought into the country.
What caused those animals to become extinct?
New animals preyed on existing animals.
400
Most of the energy input in an ecosystem comes from...
Sunlight
400
Without this type of organism we would be stepping on dead plants and animals everywhere
Decomposers
400
In the food web below, the owl and fox are...
secondary consumers
400
What adaptations does a polar bear have that makes it perfect for the artic but would get it killed in the desert?
White fur
Layer of fat
Hibernation
400
Which statement does NOT describe an effect of trees on the environment?
A. Trees add nutrients to the soil.
B. Trees decrease habitat for animals.
C. Trees use water and reduce flooding.
D. Trees use carbon dioxide from the air.
B. Trees decrease habitat for animals.
Wrong because they create habitats for animals.
500
What is the process of a plant making their own food called?
Photosynthesis
500
What is the relationship between an animal that eats another animal?
Predator/Prey
500
What would happen in Mice went extinct in this food web?
Owls would go hungry
Owls would overhunt grasshoppers
Grasshoppers and Birds have more access to grains
Birds might start overpopulating
500
What would YOU need to do to adapt to the environment in the Arctic?
Reponses may vary
500
Meerkats are animals that live in small groups in several desert ecosystems. Meerkats work together to dig underground dens in the sandy soil, but they compete with each other to find insects, small lizards, snakes, and eggs, which are their food.
Which sentence describes how the competition between meerkats affects their desert ecosystems?
A. The number of small animals that are food for the meerkats increases because meerkats fight over who gets to eat the animals.
B. The amount of rain that falls in the desert decreases because meerkats get most of the water they need from the animals that are their food.
C. Their ecosystems are filled with underground dens because meerkats must move to a new part of the desert when they eat most of the small animals and run out of food.
D. Their ecosystems are filled with barking noises because meerkats take turns guarding their group and will warn the other meerkats when predators are seen.
C. Their ecosystems are filled with underground dens because meerkats must move to a new part of the desert when they eat most of the small animals and run out of food.