Early Beginnings
Survival of the Fittest
That's a Hoot!
Sharing is Caring
Miscellaneous
100
One thing that gets its energy directly from the sun.
What is a plant or tree
100
One adaptation that we observed from looking at the skins of animals is:
What are camoflauge, protection, warmth
100
The scientific term for an animal that is active at night time.
What is nocturnal.
100
In the term "Tragedy of the Commons", what does Commons mean.
What is any shared resource, available to the public.
100
Define: Migration
What is the periodic passage from one region to another for feeding and breeding.
200
Define an ecosystem.
What is a community of biotic and abiotic components working together.
200
Define adaptation
Any physical or behavioral characteristic of an organism that helps them survive in their ecosystem
200
Three examples of owl prey.
What are: voles, rats, mice, shrews, small birds
200
What does the Tragedy in the term "Tragedy of the Commons" mean?
What is: misuse or overuse of a shared resource.
200

The non-living components of an ecosystem.

What is abiotic.

300
Name three biotic components that you can find within this block.
What are people, pets, insects, trees, fungus
300
What information can we obtain by looking at tracks?
The size of an animal, how it walks, their habitat, etc.
300
Name three adaptations an owl uses to capture its prey
What are: eyesight, talons, speed, hooked bills.
300
Name three public resources that all New Yorkers share.
What are: air, water, land (parks, roads, sidewalks), transportation, services
300
The act of sleeping through the winter in order to survive is called:
What is hibernation.
400
True/False:If a species is removed/disturbed within its ecosystem it does not affect anything else.
What is false.
400
How can you tell an animal is a predator just by looking at its skull?
Eye sockets facing forward, sharp teeth.
400
The process that an owl goes through to eat and digest food:
Captures prey and strangles to death, consumes by swallowing whole, digests edible parts, coughs up owl pellets
400
What can people do to avoid the problem of running out of a resource?
What is communicate, share, reduce, re-use, recycle, protect, conserve.
400
Three different bird species found in NYC and at least three physical characteristics that can be used to identify them.
What are: Red-tailed hawk, Peregrine falcon, Ruby-throated hummingbird, Barred owl, American kestrel, Northern flicker, Rock Dove/Pigeon, House sparrow, European starling, American robin. Wing span/size, color, beak shape, silhouette, bird call, etc.
500
What is a niche?
What is the job or role an organism plays.
500
Name a physical adaptation that an NYC predator might have to capture/kill its prey.
What is claws, speed, sharp teeth, big eyes and location of eyes, camouflage, sense of hearing/smell, etc
500
What evidence does an owl pellet provide scientists with.
What is diet and role in ecosystem.
500
What does tragedy of the commons mean and give an example
What is the overuse of resources in a public shared space, for example: if too many farmers use the same land the animals will not have enough food and will die out in the future.
500
Give an example of mimicry.
What is: bear cub climbing a tree, ducks learning to fly, foxes learning what to eat, etc
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