Food Chains & Food Webs
Types of Ecosystems
Adaptations
Vocabulary
Critical Thinking
100
Living and nonliving things that interact in an environment.
What is an ecosystem?
100
This is the pattern of weather in an area.
What is climate?
100
This is a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
100
Bits of rock and humus form this.
What is soil?
100
This is the largest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
This is another word for an organism's home.
What is a habitat?
200
This is an ecosystem with a very dry climate.
What is a desert?
200
This is an adaptation where an organism blends in with its environment.
What is camouflage?
200
These are organisms that break down dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
200
A worm is an example of this because it feeds on dead plants and animals.
What is a decomposer?
300
This shows how energy passes from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
What is a food chain?
300
This is a forest that has different weather during different seasons.
What is a temperate forest?
300
This is adaptation that helps some organisms be active at night.
What is nocturnal?
300
This is the thick layer of fat under walruses' skin.
What is blubber?
300
Algae is an example of this because it makes its own food.
What is a producer?
400
This is an organism that makes its own food.
What is a producer?
400
The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern are all examples of this.
What is an ocean?
400
This is when one organism imitates another in color or shape.
What is mimicry?
400
Turtles are higher on this than insects.
What is food chain?
400
A snail is an example of this because it feeds on the algae.
What is a consumer?
500
This is an organism that eats other organisms.
What is a consumer?
500
These help prevent land from flooding by collecting water.
What is a wetland?
500
This means to go into a deep sleep. During this time organisms use less energy and do not need to eat.
What is hibernation?
500
This means to move from one place to another.
What is migrate?
500
This is an adaptation that helps jackrabbits stay cool in the desert.
What is large ears?
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