unit 4
What type of adaptation helps a living thing hide in its environment?
Camouflage
An animal that is active at night is described as what?
Nocturnal
Stages that living things go through as they develop are called life ___________.
Cycles
An example of ____________ is birds flying south in the winter.
Migration
What are characteristics that help an animal survive?
Adaptations
What behavior causes an animal to be inactive for a long period of time?
Hibernation
A behavior that an animal doesn't need to learn is a(n) _____________.
Instinct
the variety of species in an ecosystem is called its what?
diversity
non living is also called?
A- biotic
another word for living
Biotic
the struggles for resources in an area is called what?
Competition
the factor that determines the size of a population
Limiting factor
The average weather in an area is called what?
Climate
A community of organisms and the environment in which they live is called a(n)
Ecosystem
A scientist would look at a group of rabbits that live in a meadow and call them a(n)
population
all the living and non living things that surround you make up your _________
Environment
a scientist who is describing the place where an organism lives is defining the organisms_________
Habitat
the role a plant or animal plays in its habitat is its _______
Niche
behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught are called___________
Instincts
A human and an oak-tree both have structures that function to help them live. skin is one of those structures for humans. a humans skin is most like which part of an oak tree?
Bark
when a person gets hot, the skin produces sweat. when a dog gets hot it uses its moist tongue to pant. why does a persons body cool more quickly than a dogs? (think about the rabbits)
a persons skin has more surface area which helps it cool quicker.
what does it mean for a backyard ecosystem to have low diversity
the number of species is low
why are so many bacteria able to resist antibiotics?
a few bacteria resisted antibiotics and then reproduced creating more resistant bacteria
name two biotic and two a-biotic things you may find on the playground
Examples-
Tell me how a deer could both use a resource and be a resource?
a deer could eat/drink a resource and also be a resource for something like a coyote or a tick.