Habitats
What is a habitat?
The natural home or environment of a plant or animal.
What is the difference between producers, consumers and decomposers? Name one from each category.
Producers create their own food, consumers are animals and get food by eating producers or other animals, decomposers get energy by decomposing dead plants and animals.
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
Food chain shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients are passed from one organism to another. A food web is when all living things in a habitat are combined in a network.
A physical feature or characteristic of an organism that helps it survive in its environment is called a ____________.
Structural Adaptation
Building houses, pollution, deforestation are examples of ___________ to a habitat.
Human Changes
Whos role in a food chain is it to break down dead plant and animal matter and return nutrients back into the soil.
Decomposers.
Food Chain
What is a behavioural adaptation?
A behavioral adaptation is an action or behavior that an animal does to survive in its environment.
Hurricanes, tornados, seasonal changes are examples of __________ to a habitat.
Natural changes
What are the needs of living things and how many are there?
Five. Food, water, shelter, oxygen, space
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Name one animal from each category.
Herbivores only eat plants. Carnivores only eat meat. Omnivores eat both. Herbivore is a cow, deer, rabbit, elk. Carnivore is a lion, tiger, wolves. Omnivore is bears, pigs, racoons.
A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called a ________?
Secondary Consumer
How do animals with different types of beaks, like a hummingbird's long, slender beak or a woodpecker's sharp beak, show structural adaptations for their diets?
A hummingbird's long beak helps it sip nectar from flowers, while a woodpecker's sharp beak is adapted for drilling into trees to find insects
What is conservation and why is it important for animals?
Conservation is the act of protecting and preserving natural habitats and wildlife. It is important because it helps ensure that ecosystems remain healthy and that plants and animals have a safe place to live.
What would happen if all plants were removed from a habitat? What would be impacted?
All herbivores would die because they would not have any food. Carnivores and omnivores would die because they would have no animals to hunt or plants to eat.
What are producers role in an ecosystem? Can you name and describe the process they use?
Make their own food through photosynthesis. Use energy from the sun. They combine the energy from the sun with carbon dioxide in the air and water from the ground.
Plants are overgrowing and competing for resources like sun and water. This can lead to less food for other animals and changes the balance of the ecosystem. Which part of the food chain was removed to cause this?
Primary Consumers
How do migratory birds show a behavioral adaptation for changing seasons?
Migratory birds travel long distances to find food and warmer climates during the winter, then return to their breeding grounds in the spring.
What is climate change and how would it affect a polar bears home?
Process of our planet heating up. The earth is getting warmer at a very fast rate. It would affect the polar bears home because it melts sea ice, can change migration pattern of seals, habitat loss.
What habitat includes over 3 million species?
Rainforest. The Amazon is one of the most biodiverse places on earth. Over 3 million species live in the rainforest, and over 2,500 tree species (or one-third of all tropical trees that exist on earth) help to create and sustain this vibrant ecosystem
In a forest ecosystem, name one specific producer, one specific primary consumer, and one specific decomposer, and explain their roles in the ecosystem.
Trees/plants are capable of photosynthesis, converting sunlight into energy and producing oxygen.Primary consumer could be "deer." Deer eat plants (producers) like grass and leaves in the forest and transfer energy up the food chain to higher levels. Decomposers, like fungi, play a vital role in breaking down organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil, and recycling them within the ecosystem
Explain the flow of energy through a food chain, using proper terminology.
Food chain shows the flow of energy, starting with producers.Producers store energy from the sun, carbon dioxide and water. Next, consumers get energy from eating plants an other animals. Finally, decomposers get energy from decomposing dead plants and animals and returning nutrients to the soil.
Provide an example of a structural adaptation and a behavioral adaptation in a polar bear, and explain how each adaptation helps the polar bear survive in its habitat.
Polar bears have a thick layer of blubber (fat) under their skin, which helps keep them warm in the freezing Arctic temperatures by providing insulation. Thick Fur. Padded feet.
Behavioural - move slowly but fast when they need. patient and stealthy hunting behavior when waiting near seal breathing holes. They can wait for hours, staying motionless and conserving energy until the seal surfaces for a breath.
Describe urbanization (building homes) and its effects on natural habitats. Provide an example of how urbanization can lead to habitat changes and the challenges it poses for wildlife.
Urbanization is when cities grow and spread. This often means cutting down forests and building roads and houses. Animals can lose their homes and have a hard time finding food. For example, when a new neighborhood is built in the forest, it can make it tough for deer to live there.