Abiotic Factors
Biomes
Adaptations
Evolution
Random Vocab
100
Region near the middle latitudes that is hot year-round
tropics
100
Snow covered, cold biome in the Arctic circle
Tundra
100
Name one adaptation that helps animals survive in the Arctic
white fur heavy fur warm blooded
100
What is the process that shows "survival of the fittest"?
natural selection
100
The specific role an organism plays in an ecosystem
niche
200
Way to measure the distance from the middle of the Earth
Latitude
200
Driest biome on Earth
Desert
200
Name one adaptation to help animals survive in the desert
cold-blooded water storage camouflage
200
in a rainforest, which species will survive longer, a green lizard or a white lizard
green lizard
200
term for annual amount of and snowfal
precipitation
300
Line around the middle of the Earth
Equator
300
Tropical Grassland
Savannah
300
Name one adaptation that prey animals have
run fast protective skin or shell move in packs find or make shelter eyes on side of head
300
what color rabbit will live longer in the Tundra?
white
300
One of three terms for species people introduce to ecosystems
alien, invasive, or non-native
400
Measurement of distance above sea levels
altitude
400
Warm region where is rains every day
Tropical Rainforest
400
What color of animal will survive longer in a tropical rainforest?
Green to camouflage with vegetation
400
the common bone structures of mammals demonstrates what about these animals?
common ancestor
400
Put the following in order from smallest to biggest: population, ecosystem, community, biosphere, biome, organism
Organism < population
500
Where is climate coldest (two parts)?
higher altitudes higher latitutdes
500
Biome in Philadelphia
Temperate Forest
500
Name one adaptation predators will have
eyes in front of head claws and sharp teeth hunt in packs run fast nightvision sense of smell
500
Over time, natural selection will cause what to happen in giraffe populations?
Taller giraffes survive
500
Name one example of an invasive species
kudzu zebra mussel pythons feral pigs
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