ECOSYSTEMS
Animals that hunt and eat other animals.
What is a predator?
______ get energy from consuming other organisms.
What are consumers?
_____ is multiple food chain combined.
What is a food web?
________ is the process of plants using energy from the sun combined with carbon dioxide and water to make sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
This term is used to describe when animals blend into their surroundings to hide from predators.
What is camouflage?
A biome with very dry land that receives 10 inches or less of rain each year.
What is the desert?
A food chain starts with ____.
What are producers?
Double....The number of niches in a food web.
What is three?
Double....These are the most common trait of a conifer.
What are cones?
The term used when animals move to warmer climates in the winter for food or breeding.
What is migration?
A plant or animal that is from the area naturally without any human involvement.
What is a native species?
Triple.... What eats secondary consumers.
What is a tertiary consumer?
A term that describes what is on top of a food web.
What is A-pex predator?
True or False.... plants reproduce using seeds or spores.
What is true?
How animals warn others or find mates.
What is communication?
The precipitation in the grasslands.
What is more rain than a desert but less rain than a rainforest?
Worm, fungi, mold, and maggots play this role in a food chain.
What are decomposers?
_____ _____ gets its energy from a primary consumer.
What is a secondary consumer?
These are the three P's.
What is photosynthesis, plants, and producers?
Triple....This is when animals try to look like other creatures or objects.
What is mimicry?
Double....In this ecosystem plant may drop leaves to conserve energy.
What is Temperate Forest?
Rabbits, zebras, and mice play this role in the food chain.
What are primary consumers?
How a decomposer gets its energy.
What is breaking down organic matter?
______ is like a highway with water going through and tall plants have it.
What is vascular?
This term is a special way to defend themselves.
What is Defence Mechanism