Structures and Functions
This structure allows for flight in some animals
What are wings?
This physical characteristic of a Venus fly-trap traps insects
What are its leaves?
This structural adaptation of a gecko enables them to climb vertical surfaces
What is a foot?
This is the process an animal goes through when changing forms during its life cycle
What is metamorphosis?
Plants and some other organisms that make their own food
What is a producer?
This structure provides protection on the outside of bodies
What is exoskeleton?
This fruit has a lightweight husk that allows it to float in the ocean until it can reach a beach and germinate
These structural adaptations of a sea urchin serve as a defense mechanism against predators
What are spines?
This type of development occurs in four stages
What is complete metamorphosis?
This consumer eats only plants
What is a herbivore?
This structure is invisible to the naked eye but provides support and protection
What is an endoskeleton?
This physical characteristic of a prickly pear cactus provides protection from grazing animals
What are spines?
This structural adaptation of an okapi strips leaves from branches
What is a tongue?
Insects go through this process of development that includes three stages
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
This consumer eats only other animals
What are carnivores?
These holes on the body of insects allow air in
What are spiracles?
Water lily leaves float on the water's surface to capture sunlight to be used in this process
What is photosynthesis?
This flightless bird went extinct due to its inability to adapt when changes occurred in their ecosystem
What is a dodo?
Insects begin their development as this
What is an egg?
This consumer eats both plants and animals
What are omnivores?
These microscopic holes on the leaves of plants allow carbonata dioxide to enter the plant
What are stomata?
This tree grows in regions that have cold winters and was featured in Captain America: Brave New World
What are cherry trees?
This animal is brown in the summer and white in the winter
What is a snowshoe hare?
In incomplete metamorphosis, the larva is called this
What is a nymph?
This consumer feeds on dead animals
What are scavengers?