What is the major source of energy for the food chain?
The sun.
100
What are inherited traits?
Characteristics passed on to us from our parents.
100
How do plants help animals in an ecosystem?
They provide food and shelter.
100
Animals have certain adaptations in order to help them do what?
survive
200
Why do flowers have bright petals?
The bright petals attract insects.
200
What are plants called that make their own food?
Producers.
200
What are learned behaviors?
Behaviors that we are taught.
200
Explain what would happen to an animal living in a forest if all the trees were cut down.
The animal would have to move to a new location in order to have shelter or to have enough food. They may eat animals that live in trees or eat parts of trees.
200
Explain what camouflage is and how it helps animals.
Camouflage is an animals ability to blend in with its surroundings. It helps hide animals from predators.
300
Which plant part is responsible for making the food for the plant?
The leaves.
300
What do decomposers do for an ecosystem?
They recycle nutrients back into the soil.
300
Give an example of an inherited trait in humans.
Eye, hair, skin color....
300
Name two factors that might cause a population of animals to move to another area.
Cutting down trees, building homes, they ate all the plants in that area
300
Explain an adaptation that bears use during the winter.
bears hibernate during the winter to survive the cold months with no food
400
What is the process called when plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
400
Why are producers so important to an ecosystem?
Producers make their own food and provide food for the consumers.
400
Name two learned behaviors in humans.
reading, writing, skating, talking, walking....
400
Name 3 living and 3 nonliving things in an ecosystem.
Living - any animal, plant
Non living - soil, rocks, lakes
400
What does an animals body do to help it survive very cold weather? (if they do not hibernate)
they shiver
500
What four things are required for photosynthesis to occur?
sunlight, chlorophyll, water and carbon dioxide
500
What would happen if producers were not in a food chain?
The consumers who eat plants would have nothing to eat, start to die, and then there would be no food for the predators.
500
Which is a puppy more likely to inherit from its parents - muddy paws or spotted fur?
Spotted fur.
500
Explain how consumers and producers depend on each other.
Producers provide food and shelter for consumers and consumers depend on producers for food and shelter.
500
Why does an arctic fox's fur change from brown to white during the winter?