A Home for All
This means "living or found near water."
Aquatic.
What is a word that means "to come together and to have an effect on each other?"
What is a word that means "a relationship or connection between things?"
Link.
Animals that hibernate do what during the winter?
Sleep.
True or false: All human interaction with Earth's ecosystems is bad and results in harm
False! Humans are working to restore and conserve the enviroment.
A place where an animal lives is called what?
Their habitat.
True or false: Ecosystems consist of living and nonliving things.
True! Rocks, sunlight, soil are nonliving and part of an ecosystem. Animals and plants are living parts of an ecosystem.
Which is larger, a food chain or a food web?
A food web. A food web shows how many food chains are connected.
What kind of animals migrate to warmer places in winter?
Birds, whales, dolphins.
This word means "no longer existing."
Extinct
Biomes on land are determined by what?
They are determined by climate.
Which is larger, a community or a population?
A community. A community is made up of more than two populations.
True or false: energy is transferred down the food chain as animals eat plants or other animals.
False! Energy is transferred up the food chain.
What is a word that means "very small in amount or number?"
Scarce
This is the final product of cutting down trees.
Timber
Where is a koala's habitat?
1. Tidal pools
2. Underground
3. The tops of trees
3. The tops of trees.
Which is not a population?
1. A group of lions
2. A group of rocks
3. A group of flowers
2. A group of rocks. A population has living things.
Which link in this food chain is wrong?
Plant---rabbit---seal---eagle
The seal. Seals do not eat rabbits, and are not eaten by eagles.
Which is a harsh climate?
1. A forest in a mild climate
2. A snowy area of the Arctic
3. An island in a tropical climate
2. A snowy area of the Arctic. Harsh means difficult to survive in.
True or false: Clearing forests for farmland can affect an environment negatively.
True! This can cause animals to lose their habitat and other animals to lose a source of food.
True or false: Tundra are very hot biomes.
False! A tundra is the coldest biome.
True or false: Something that affects one part of an ecosystem affects all parts of an ecosystem.
True! Ecosystems link together populations, and change affects all part of the system.
The smaller fish may become too large in number and the bear loses a source of food.
A fox changing colors from brown in the summer to white in the winter is an example of what?
Camouflage-something that protects an animal from being seen
Which of the following is delicate?
1. A large oak tree
2. A playful kitten
3. A glass cup
3. A glass cup. Delicate means easily broken or damaged.