Animals
In the winter months many birds fly south to be warmer. What is it called when animals do this.
Migration
A Prickly pear cactus Has a defense mechanism to help stop plant eating animals from eating it. What is this adaptation.
Sharp spikes.
A group of organisms living together in the same ecosystem is called
Community
Can a Plant be an invasive species?
Yes
What is the 2nd step of the scientific method?
Create a hypothesis
What do animals that are unable to migrate do during the cold winter months.
Hibernate
Wat happens to plants after a forest fire
They grow back fast since the trees that were blocking theri light lost their cover.
What can be the impact of a invasive species to an ecosystem
eat the food of others, Take up to much space, destroy plants, disruption to the ecosystem.
Some bears enter a state called___ during the cold winter months. ( state of low energy use, not fully asleep)
Torpor
Is developing a new beak shape a slow or fast process
Slow it takes many generations for new beak shape to become the way they are now.
A species that is not native to where it lives is called
Invasive Species
The bee orchid can look and smell like a Female bee. What is this type of adaptation called.
Mimicry
The removal of trees form a large area is called
Deforestation
Why are different birds beaks shaped differnt from each other
They have adapted to what they need to eat.
What is a native species
a species that is from the same location it lives.
When there are to many of one type of organism in an ecosystem it is called
Overpopulation
Plants are unable to migrate, What is it called when a species is unable to migrate?
Dormancy
What happens when an animals drinking puddle dries up
They find a new puddle or they risk dying
Male peacocks are bright in color why is this and what happens to those that are not as colorful.
They may not be able to reproduce.
What is the giraffes adaptation
Long neck, Long legs to help reach food.
The Snowshoe Hare has brown fur during the summer and white fur during the winter. What is it called when an animal can change to meet their environmental needs?
Adaptation
How do plants respond to the changing temperature in the winter months
They lose leaves to help save energy.
Changes of weather can cause what for an ecosystem
makes food and or water hard to find.
Birds that live in swamps or wetlands need what adaptation to be able to reach their food.
Long necks/ beak
What is the definition of natural selection
Process where organisms are best suited for their environment survive and pass on their traits.