Plant Needs
Animal Needs
Ecosystems
Vocabulary
Throwback!
100

Plants take in this gas from the air to help make food.

Carbon dioxide

100

Animals need this to breathe and stay alive.

Oxygen

100

A group of the same species living in one area is called this.

Population

100

This word means a body part or behavior that helps an animal survive.

Adaptation

100

Bird beaks, wings, claws, antlers are all examples of what?

External structures

200

This part of the plant makes food using sunlight.

Leaves

200

Why do some animals have sharp teeth?

To allow them to bite and tear through meat.
200

When too many predators live in one area, the prey population will likely do this.

Decrease

200

Some animals blend in with their surroundings to stay safe. This adaptation is called ______

Camouflage

200

When an animal looks like a different animal to stay safe, it is called this.

Mimicry

300

Plants can get these two things from the soil.

Nutrients and water

300

Animal require space for what reason?

To grow, move around, and raise their young.
300

This is a place where plants and animals live together and depend on each other.

Ecosystem

300

Birds flying south for the winter is an example of this kind of adaptation.

Migration

300

What stage of the life cycle is when the young animal looks like the smaller version of the adult?

Nymph stage

400

How do plants take in air?

Through tiny holes in their leaves.

400

Animals that eat plants are called this.

Herbivores

400

Where do plants and animals get their air and water they require?

From their environment.

400

Write the definition for "competition"

The struggle among living things for resources.

400

If an invasive species takes over a habitat, native animals may struggle to get this.

Resources

500

Why can some plants grow without soil?

They're still able to get the nutrients they need.

500

These five things help animals to survive and reproduce.

Water, food, oxygen, space, shelter

500

Name three things that can happen when an animal doesn't get the resources it needs?

It can adapt, migrate, or die.

500

State the definition of "drought"

An extended period of time with little to no rainfall.

500

Some plants grow toward sunlight. This response to light is called this.

Phototropism

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