Vocabulary
consumer
Food web/pyramid/chain
animal behavior
Living things
100
a place to live
What is habitat
100
eat only plants
What is herbivores
100
what form the base of the energy pyramid?
What is producers
100
migration and hibernation are
What is instincts
100
food, water, protection from consumers, and shelter are four basic ____of all living things
What is needs
200
all the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem
What is population
200
eat both plants and animals
What is omnivores
200
Energy pyramids show how what moves through an ecosystem?
What is energy
200
a special partnership in which two species interact with each other over a long period of time is called?
What is symbiosis
200
any special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environment are called?
What is adaptations
300
an organsim's specific function, or job, in the ecosystem
What is niche
300
eat things that have already died
What is scavengers
300
A food web consists of several____ linked together?
What is food chains
300
behaviors that cannot be inherited are called?
What is learned behaviors
300
what do plants need to help them make food for photosynthesis?
What is sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
400
all the different species that live in a particular ecosystem
What is community
400
all living organisms that depend on producers for food
What is consumer
400
the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community is called?
What is a food chain
400
movement of a whole group of animals from one ecosystem to another is called?
What is migration
400
what are four ways that plants protect themselves?
What is thorns, spines, stinging hairs, and poisons
500
all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth
What is ecosystem
500
Each organism uses most of the energy it consumes to meet its own needs. What percentage of energy is passed on to the next organism?
What is about 10%
500
How is a food chain different from a food web?
What is a food chain shows only one food source for each animal. A food web has several different food chains linked together.
500
name three things that happen to an animal during hibernation?
What is it falls into a deep sleep, its body temperature drops, its breathing and heart rate slow down, it uses very little energy during hibernation.
500
what are three reasons that animals migrate?
What is to reproduce or to raise their young, to search for food or water, and to avoid weather that is too hot or too cold.
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