Adaptations
What do we call the changes that help animals survive in their environment?
Adaptations
What are the two main types of ecosystems?
Terrestrial and aquatic
What is one way humans can help improve air quality?
Reducing air pollution from factories
What do we call the path that energy takes through an ecosystem?
A food chain
Organisms that eat dead or decaying materials?
Decomposers
Name a physical adaptation of a polar bear.
White fur to camofluage
Name one living component and one nonliving component of an ecosystem.
Forest ecosystem
Living:bears
Nonliving:rocks
Why is it important to conserve water?
Every living thing needs it and it is hard to produce.
What is the first level of a food chain?
The sun
Meaning active at night
Nocturnal
Give an example of a behavioral adaptation.
Ex. hibernation
What is an animal called when it eats another animal?
Predator
Name a natural event that can change an ecosystem.
Ex. tornadoes tearing down homes
How do producers differ from consumers?
Producers make their own food/energy, consumers take energy from what they eat.
One organism resembling another to gain a survival advantage
Mimicry
Why is it important for animals to adapt to their surroundings?
To survive and fit their environment better
How do plants and animals depend on each other in an ecosystem?
1. Plants take in what we breathe out, we breathe in oxygen that plants make.
2. Animals spread the plant's seeds.
How does pollution affect habitats?
Too much trash means animals don't have room to live or they can get hurt by eating it. Air pollution can make them sick.
Name a primary consumer in a food chain.
A rabbit that ate grass.
What is a group of different species of organisms that live in the same area and interact with each other?
A community
How can populations change over time?
They can increase population, decrease their population, migrate, or create new adaptions.
Name at least 3 freshwater aquatic ecosystems.
Swamps,rivers,lakes
What is one positive human activity that supports ecosystems?
We do controlled burns to help regrowth.
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
Food chains are one flow of energy but food webs are multiple food chains that overlap.
Meaning something to do with land
Terrestrial