Vocabulary
Animal Adaptations
Animal Responses
Plant Responses
Human Effects
100
To ____________is to continue to live.
Survive
100
What adaptation does an arctic fox use to stay alive?
Camouflage-its white fur helps it blend in with the snow
100
What is it called when an animal lives off its body fat and uses very little energy?
To hibernate
100
How do plants respond to their light source?
Plants grow toward the source of the light.
100
What is it called when harmful things are added to the air, water, or land?
Pollution
200
A species is ______________ when the last of its kind dies.
Extinct
200
What adaptation does a hover fly use to stay alive?
Mimicry-it mimics a honeybee.
200
What is it called when animals change location periodically?
To migrate
200
Why do plant roots grow downward?
Plants' roots grow toward a water source and grow downward because of the pull of gravity.
200
What is it called when too many individuals live in an area?
Overpopulation
300
Organisms are ___________________ when there are very few of their species alive.
Endangered
300
What adaptation does a hedgehog use to stay alive?
Body structures-they're covered with hard spines and they curl their bodies into a spiny ball.
300
What adaptation helps animals blend in with their environment?
Camouflage
300
What adaptations help a prickly cactus live in the desert?
A cactus has a soft tissue that holds water just like a sponge. It also has a think, waxy cover to keep the water inside.
300
What is it called when people cut down forests?
Deforestation
400
What are traits that help an organism survive in its environment?
Adapatation
400
What adaptation does a leopard use to stay alive?
Camouflage-it blends in with its environment
400
What adaptation is when one living thing looks like another living thing?
Mimicry
400
What is something in the environment that causes a living thing to respond?
A stimulus
400
Why are pandas an endangered species?
Pandas eat bamboo, and people are cutting down the bamboo forests.
500
What is an organism's response to change?
Accomodation
500
What adaptation does a camel use to stay alive?
Body structures: -close their nostrils to keep sand out -store fat/energy in their humps on their backs -wide hooves help walk in sand
500
List an animal for each that: -hibernates, -migrates -has camouflage
Answer may vary: hibernates-bear migrates-birds camouflage-arctic fox
500
What is the response of a plant to something on its environment?
A tropism
500
Give an example of an endangered animal and an extinct animal.
Answer may vary.
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