Adaptations
This type of adaptation helps an animal blend in.
Camouflage
Receives less than 10 inches of rain a year
desert
The fish eats the algae, the bigger fish eats the smaller fish, the shark eats the big fish, the human eats the shark
Food chain
An animal's home
habitat
Sponge Bob works here
Flying south for the winter is this type of adaptation.
Migration
Receives more than 80 inches of rain a year and is warm with lots of trees, plants and animal life
rainforest
These make their own food, such as plants
producers
All the living and non living things that surround an organism
ecosystem
If you are the hunter, you are this
predator
Sleeping all winter when food is scarce is this type of adaptation
hibernation
Has short growing seasons and long harsh winters
tundra
This is another word for a plant eater
herbivore
All of the same types of animals that live in the same place at the same time
population
Who followed Mary to school one day?
a lamb
These help fish take in oxygen
gills
This type of forest has trees that stay green all the time - often found in the mountains
Coniferous
These break down dead plants and animals
decomposers
All of the animals that live and interact in the same place
community
Where are you supposed to row your boat?
gently down the stream
This is the definition of adaptation
Something that helps an animal survive
This type of forest is full of trees that lose their leaves in the fall and grow them again in the spring
Deciduous
An animal that eats both plants and animals is called this
omnivore
Any living thing is called this
an organism
What is a type of decomposer?
Mushrooms, fungus or earthworms