What is a mountain called that erupts with lava, ash, and gases?
volcano
What is a specific place that an animal lives within a biome called?
habitat
What is the natural process by
which an animal or plant becomes
fitted to its surroundings, or
environment?
adaptations
Where is the bactrian camel found?
Gobi desert
What is magma called once it reaches Earth's surface?
lava
What type of volcano is usually the largest and has gentle slopes?
shield volcano
Which light zone is found at the top of the ocean and has the most animals?
sunlight zone
What kind of volcano is sleeping but expected to erupt someday?
dormant
What are the organs called that help fish to breathe?
gills
Which type of volcano is cone shaped?
cinder cone volcano
On a volcano, what is the opening where lava erupts from called?
crater
A thick layer of fat found under the skin of some polar animals is called what?
blubber
What country is Tianchi volcano found?
China
What is the name of the deepest light zone in the ocean?
the trenches
What are animals that sleep during the day and are awake at night called?
Name one animal that is this.
nocturnal, fennec fox, bats, wolves.
How many seasons are in the temperate forest
Bonus: Name the only monkey found in cold temperate forests.
4 seasons
golden snub-nosed monkeys
What is huddling?
Name one animal that uses this adaptation.
penguins
What causes volcanic eruptions?
movement of tectonic plates
What is the name of the plant source that is the beginning of the ocean food chain?
phytoplankton
Name all 5 light zones in the ocean
sunlight, twilight, midnight, The Abyss, trenches
What is the adaptation called in the ocean that lets animals glow in the dark?
bioluminescence
What is the Ring of Fire?
A group of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
What is Allen's Rule?
GIve an example of it in nature.
Allen's Rule says that animals in the polar regions have shorter extremities to keep them warm.
People, foxes, rabbits
Which volcano destroyed Pompeii?
Bonus: What year did it erupt?
Mt Vesuvius
79 AD
Name all 6 ocean habitats discussed in class.
tide pools, polar, open ocean, deep sea, kelp forest, coral reefs