What cycle occurs constantly with no help from living species?
Water Cycle
200
What does the C in EC stand for?
Cycles
200
What does the C stand for in DC?
Community
200
What does the C in IC stand for?
Change
200
Why do mice build nests, or bees sting?
Survival – certain behaviors allow them to adapt in their surroundings
200
How is the earth’s air used over and over again?
We inhale air and let our CO2, and plants take in CO2 and let off oxygen
300
What is the process called that captures sunlight and changes it into energy?
Photosynthesis
300
A grassland anteater enjoys a few species of ants for food. However, there are hundreds of species of ants throughout the grassland. This is an example of:
Diversity, baby!
300
Some plants and animals _______________
for the same sunlight, air, water, soil or food.
Compete
300
Name a behavioral adaptation that animals employ to live.
Migration, hibernation, mimicry
300
What S-word could we use to describe how we see changes happen over time in nature (one thing overtakes another – and so on)?
Stages or Succession
400
Which needs more energy to feed: a meat eater or plant eater?
Meat Eater
400
What determines where a plant or animal makes their home?
They’ll make their home in an area that meets their special needs for food, water, air, soil and sunlight
400
When two organisms help one – another and both
benefit, it is called s_________.
Symbiosis or Symbiotic Relationship
400
What adaptation do some animals have to protect them from being seen by a predator?
Camouflage or the ability to change color
400
What motto should you use when eating food at school or at home to avoid wasting?
Take what you need, eat what you take
500
Generally, what helps break down waste matter and dead plants and animals to the soil?
Millions of tiny bacteria and other living things
500
What job does a worm have in a community?
Keeps the soil loose so water can drain through it
500
Describe how changes in nature take place according to time?
SLOWLY
500
A porcupine’s quills are specially adapted _____.
for protection
500
Name three inorganic things that living things need in an ecosystem.