Inside an Ecosystem
Plants
Animals
Changing Environments
Adaptations
100
What is an organism that can make it's own food?
What is a producer.
100
Draw a plant and label 4 important parts.
What is roots, stem, leaves, and flower/fruit/seed
100
Something an animal needs to survive that plants do not.
What is shelter.
100
Give an example of a man made disaster and how it can effect the environment.
What is an oil spill and it can effect a river and the fish that swim in it could get sick and/or die.
100
What does adaptation (for animals) mean?
What is to change to be better able to survive.
200
DAILY DOUBLE: This is an organism that cannot make its own food.
What is a consumer.
200
What does a plant need to survive?
What is water, sun, and air (and living space).
200
Define an omnivore and give an example.
What is an animal that eats both plants and meat and an example could be a bird.
200
Give an example of a natural disaster and how it could effect the environment.
What is a volcano and it could possibly wipe out an entire forest or town killing all organisms in its path.
200
When animals change the way they act and what they do to better survive.
What is behavioral adaptation.
300
Define a decomposer and give an example.
What is an organism that breaks down dead organisms and an example would be fungi.
300
Give a specific example of an organism that makes its own food.
An example could be an oak tree.
300
To organize animals in a certain way is called what? How could you do this?
What is classifying. You could classify them by their fur, feathers, beaks, paws, size, etc.
300
What does succession mean?
What is when the environment changes slowly over time naturally.
300
DAILY DOUBLE: Define physical adaptation. Give an example.
What is something physical or on the animals body that helps them survive. An example could be a giraffe's neck. Its neck is long so that it can reach leaves high up on a tree that other animals can't.
400
Explain the difference between a food web and a food chain.
A food chain is linear and only includes one of each kind of animal. A food web is overlapping food chains that all connect.
400
DAILY DOUBLE: What does it mean to classify plants? How could you classify them?
What is organizing plants by shape, color, size, type, etc.
400
When two animals are both trying to eat the same food and live in the same ecosystem is called...
What is competition.
400
How can natural or man made disasters effect the food chain in an ecosystem? Use specific details in your answer.
An oil spill can get into rivers which can harm the fish. Then a bird can come along and eat the fish and therefore also be eating the toxins. Lastly, a human could eat the sick bird and also get sick.
400
Give an example of a matching pair of predator and prey.
What is an owl and a mouse.
500
Draw and label a food chain. Include all types of organisms.
What is a producer -> an herbivore -> a carnivore or omnivore -> a decomposer
500
Explain the life cycle of a plant in at least 5 steps.
What is 1. seed breaks open 2. roots grow 3. stem grow 4. leaves grow 5. flower/fruit/seeds grow and reproduces 6. plant dies
500
How do an owl and a hawk "help" each other in nature?
What is the owl hunts at night and the hawk hunts during the day.
500
DAILY DOULBE: Explain what Mt. St. Helens was, where it happened, and what it effected. Did the area recover? How?
What is a volcano that erupted in Washington. It destroyed the surrounding forest 300 miles outward. People, plants and animals were killed. Yes it is recovering. Eventually the plants will begin to regrow which can provide food and shelter for animals to move back into the area.
500
How can camouflage help a predator? How can it help prey?
Camouflage helps a predator stay hidden as it's hunting for food. It helps prey hide from predators.
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