Story Vocabulary
When things depend or rely on one another
interdependence
To like one thing more than another
prefer
What is the genre of the story Nature's Patchwork?
Informational Text
What is the author's purpose?
To inform the reader about how habitats come together to create a wonderful planet.
What word means all of the plants and animals in a habitat that depend on each other for survival?
interdependence
A series of living things that depend on each other as food sources
food chain
To stay away from a person, place or thing
avoid
How does the author explain interdependence in nature?
Each plant or animal depends on each other like a quilt stitched together.
What type of climate does a desert have?
hot and dry
How are humans taking over more and more habitats?
building houses, towns, cities, and farms where there were once prairie lands, forests or deserts
Hide or make harder to see in one's natural surroundings
camouflage
To make a connection between two people or things
associate
What is the correct order for the grassland food chain?
plants, prairie dogs, snakes, hawks
Which habitat, discussed in the story actually contains many different habitats within it?
The ocean
Describe how the author is comparing the world's habitats to a patchwork quilt?
like a quilt, each plant and animal in a habitat has it's own unique place and role
The existence of many different kinds of plants and animals in an environment
biodiversity
To look closely at something, like a detective
investigate
Which words describe the changes that plants and animals go through over time to help them survivie?
adaptations
How do plants survive the harsh climate of the Arctic and high mountain habitats?
They stay alive under the snow, or they make seeds that can survive the cold.
Very smalls plants and animals can be seen with a...
microscope
Changes in plants and animals that help them survive
adaptations
The details or specific traits of something
features
There are lots and lots of different kinds of trees, shrubs, mosses, lichens, fungi, insects, reptiles, amphibians, bird, and mammals in the rainforest. Which vocabulary word does this mental picture describe?
biodiversity
What do we call it when plants and animals are changed by people?
domestication
Camouflage is a type of....
adaptation