This shows how energy passes from one organism to another organism.
What is a food chain.
100
What do we call the first organism in a food chain that can makes it own food like a plant?
What is a producer.
100
What do we call an area that gets very little rain and it is very hot and dry?
What is a desert.
100
Animals that go into a deep sleep in the winter are called what?
What is hibernation (hibernate).
100
What do we call it when birds fly south for the winter and explain a reason why they do this?
What is migrate and they move to a warmer place to find their food during the winter.
200
This shows how a group of food chains are linked together.
What is a food web.
200
What do we call worms or other organisms that breaks down dead plants or animals in a food chain?
What is a decomposer.
200
What do we call an ecosystem that is made up of salt water?
What is an ocean.
200
What is the thick fat under a walruses' skin called?
What is blubber.
200
What do most animals do at night in the desert and explain why they do this?
What is hunt for their food because it is much cooler at night in the desert.
300
This is the living and nonliving things getting along together in an environment.
What is an ecosystem
300
An organism that eats other organisms in a food chain are called what?
What is a consumer.
300
Marshes, swamps, and bogs are all examples of what kind of ecosystem?
What is a wetland.
300
What do we call an animal that blends into its environment?
What is camouflage.
300
Why does most desert plants have such far-reaching roots?
What is to find the stored water deep beneath the earth's surface.
400
A special characteristic that a living thing does or has that helps it survive better in its environment is called what?
What is an adaptation.
400
What ecosystem has lots of trees, is very hot, has lots of rain, and has these following levels: emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor?
What is a tropical rain forest.
400
What do we call animals that are active in the night and sleep during the day?
What is nocturnal.
400
Describe 3 different adaptations in 3 different ecosystems or climates that animals have that helps them survive better.
What is nocturnal animals come out at night to eat in a dry, hot desert because it is cooler. 2. In an ocean, whales will migrate to warmer waters to find food. 3. In a Tropical Rain Forest, animals camouflage or blend in so that they can't be seen by their predators. (These are just some examples).
500
What do we call the typical weather conditions of an area over time?
What is climate.
500
What do we call an ecosystem that has lots of trees and 4 distinct seasons (winter, fall, spring, and summer)?
What is a temperate forest.
500
What do we call an animal that imitates another organism maybe with its shape or color?