Animal Diets
This classification describes an animal that only eats plants.
herbivore
The ability of a plant to grow towards the sunlight is an important adaptation called photo...
phototropism
This is the term for the path of energy flow from the sun, to a plant, to a deer, and finally to a wolf.
food chain
The trunk and branches of a tree provide a strong, stable place for a bird to build this.
nest
Provide one reason plants need animals.
1. Plants need animals to spread their pollen.
2. To spread their seeds.
3. Plants grow better in manure from animals.
This is the term for an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
prey
This is the gas that animals exhale (breathe out) that plants need to make food.
carbon dioxide
Animals that are classified as carnivores or omnivores are called this in a food chain because they eat other things.
consumers
Animals that do not have any predators are...
Quaternary consumers
Instead of throwing away plastic, paper, and metal, we should do this to help reduce landfill waste.
recycling
A grizzly bear is a good example of this classification because its diet includes berries, roots, and fish.
omnivore
A plant is called this because it uses the sun to create its own food, making it the start of the food chain.
producer
This group of organisms, like mushrooms and bacteria, help break down dead plants and animals.
decomposers
An animal's physical or behavioral feature that helps it survive and reproduce in its environment is called this.
adaptation
You need to buy this document to fish legally in Alberta.
fishing license
The classification for an animal that only eats meat (other animals).
carnivore
The process plants use to make food while also releasing oxygen into the air.
photosynthesis
What does diurnal mean?
Active during the day.
A forest fire destroys the plants, which reduces the amount of this essential gas for animals.
oxygen
Releasing a fish back into the water immediately is a way to conserve the population, known as this practice.
catch and release
An animal, such as a wolf or owl, that is actively hunting another animal for food.
predator
This is the gas that plants produce and release that animals need to breathe.
oxygen
In a food chain of grass > grasshopper > frog > snake, the snake is classified as this level of consumer.
tertiary consumer
If a habitat suddenly has no water, animals will have to move away or do this to survive.
migrate
The reason we have fishing rules is to ensure that the fish population remains healthy and can continue to do this.
reproduce