Vocabulary
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food.
What do the arrows represent on a food chain or food web?
The transfer of energy from one organism to another.
Describe what happens to the plant after pollination occurs.
Petals fall off, and fruit begins to form.
Telling a dog to roll over is an example of what?
Learned Behavior
What do tendrils do?
Climb to reach sunlight.
What is a prey?
An animal that gets hunted by another.
Make one food chain from the chart provided.
Sun--> mesquite tree--> insects--> lizard-->snake
Sun--> mesquite tree--> rat--> coyote
Sun--> mesquite tree--> rat--> snake
What are the 4 stages of metamorphosis in order?
1. eggs
2. larva
3. pupa
4. Adult
The color of fruit or the height of the plant is an example of
An inherited Trait.
What do spines do for a plant?
Protect the plant from being eaten.
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts another animal
Name 1 food chain inside the food chain.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10oC4A7HYxJrEe85EXVEHveXbqnIAbyIip9TJoMiutTM/edit#slide=id.p
1. Carrot --> Rabbits --> foxes
2. Grass --> Rabbits --> foxes
3. Grass --> Grasshopper --> Owl
4. Grain --> Mice --> Owl
5. Grain --> Grasshoppers --> Owl
6. Grain --> Grasshoppers --> Birds --> Foxes
7. Grain --> Birds --> Foxes
What part of the flower has to be present before pollination can occur?
Bonus: Explain why pollination is important to plants
Flowers must be present
Pollination is important, because it allows plants to produce seeds.
Inherited Behaviors or instincts
An animal that blends in with his surroundings is an example of what?
camouflage
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats another organism.
What organisms are competing for the grass for food?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10oC4A7HYxJrEe85EXVEHveXbqnIAbyIip9TJoMiutTM/edit#slide=id.p
Rabbits and Grasshoppers
C. The cricket hatches from an egg and the bean plant sprouts from a seed.
Raccoons opening a trash can lid to find food is an example of
Learned Behavior
What do is the function of this bird's foot?
To grasp prey.
What does thrive mean?
Bonus: What does perish mean?
Thrive- means to live. Do better.
Perish- to die.
What would happen if the owls disappeared from the food chain?
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10oC4A7HYxJrEe85EXVEHveXbqnIAbyIip9TJoMiutTM/edit#slide=id.p
The mice population would increase.
The grasshopper population would increase.
Answer the following question.
The shape of the leaves on a tree is an example of
Inherited Trait.
What is the function of this beak?
To tear or rip meat