Lesson 1
What is a resource?
Something that helps an organism survive.
Name four resources.
Food, water, air, shelter and sunlight.
What is a flood?
When dry land becomes covered with water.
How do frogs respond when their ecosystem is very dry?
They burrow into mud and go into a deep sleep until the ecosystem becomes wet again.
What is a fossil?
The remains of organisms that lived long ago.
What does the word "competition" mean?
The struggle among living things for resources.
Give an example of competition.
Ten foxes but only one rabbit for them to eat.
What is a drought?
When there is no rain for a long time.
What does population mean?
All the members of one kind of organism in an ecosystem.
What does extinct mean?
When no more of one kind of organism are alive anymore.
What is pollution?
When harmful materials get into the air, land or water.
What are the three Rs that can help fight against pollution?
Reduce, reuse and recycle.
What can happen in forest areas because of a drought?
Wildfires
What is a community?
Is all the populations in an ecosystem.
What type of tooth would a carnivore have?
A sharp tooth.
Give an example of reduce.
Using one water bottle all year around.
Give an example of reuse.
Buying a plastic water bottle and refilling it with water instead of throwing it in the trash.
What can bacteria, mold and mildew cause to living things in their environment?
Diseases
What is a species?
One kind of organism.
Name three animals that a T-Rex is similar to.
Chicken, cat and alligator
Give an example of recycle.
Recycling cans to be used as flowering pots.
What can be done to reduce CO2 levels?
Planting more trees.
How would an elephant respond to a drought?
Migrate
What is an endangered species?
When there are only a few living members of its species left.
Name the extinct animal that is similar to an elephant?
Woolly mammoth.