Energy Flow in Ecosystems
A food chain is....
What is a path that energy takes in an ecosystem from one organism to another organism?
A parasite lives on a ….
What is a host?
Name an adaptation that helps animals survive in the frigid weather.
What is thicker fur?
I take place when the pollen from the stamen reaches the pistil.
What is pollination?
The passing of traits from one generation to the next.
What is heredity?
an organism that takes after another animal is a
the victim organism is the
What is a predator?
What is prey?
A relationship where both organisms benefit equally.
What is mutualism?
Animals that live in the desert are more active in the night or day....
What is in the night?
I am a plant that does not have flowers.
What is a gymnosperm?
A learned behavior is...
What is a behavior that is developed during its lifetime?
All the living and nonliving interact in an environment called an..
What is an ecosystem?
The size of a population that an area can support is its...
What is carrying capacity?
Mimicry is
What is an organism that looks like another dangerous animal?
The male part of the plant is
What is the Stamen?
When ducks hatch, they learn to recognize and follow their mother. This behavior is called...
What is imprinting?
A diagram that shows the energy available at each level of an ecosystem.
What is an energy pyramid?
A limiting factor is.
What is a resource that restricts a population in an ecosystem?
Any color, shape, or pattern that allows an organism to blend into its environment is ...
What is camouflage?
Internal fertilization is
What is fertilization that takes place inside the mother?
The trait that masks the other trait....
What is a dominant trait?
Describe what would happen is producers were removed from the ecosystem.
What is all organisms would die because the producers are at the base of the food chain.
Name one symbiotic relationship and give an example.
What is mutualism? What is commensalism? What is parasitism?
The pollinator and the flower. The remora and the stingray. The flea on the dog.
Describe how ecosystems remain balanced and not overpopulated.....
What is ecosystems do not become overpopulated because of the limiting factors such as food, water, and temperatures.
Animals go through a series of distinct growth stages called
What is metamorphis?
A way of acting or behaving in which the animal is born with....
What is instinct?