Ecosystems
this ecosystem has a dry climate with little rainfall
What is a desert?
this adaptation allows an organism to blend into its surroundings
What is camouflage?
this is a structure or behavior that helps an organism survive its environment
What is an adaptation?
the pattern of weather at a certain place over a long time
What is climate?
this is an animal that eats or consumes only plants (producers)
What is a herbivore?
this ecosystem is a large body of salt water
What is an ocean?
this adaptation is when an animal moves from one place to another
What is to migrate (migration)?
an organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food
What is a producer?
an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material
What is a decomposer?
this is a consumer that eats or consumes both plants (producers) and animals (consumers)
What is an omnivore?
this ecosystem has water that covers the soil for most of the year
What is a wetland?
this is an adaptation in which an animal is active during the night and asleep during the day
What is nocturnal?
a mixture of minerals, weathered rocks, and decayed plant and animal matter
What is soil?
the home of a living thing
What is habitat?
this is a consumer that eats only other consumers (meat)
What is a carnivore?
this is an ecosystem with many trees
What is a forest?
this is an adaptation in which one kind of organism looks like another kind in color or shape
What is mimicry?
a series of organisms that depend on one another for food
What is a food chain?
an organism that depends on plants and other animals for energy (food)
What is a consumer?
What is a predator?
this is a freshwater ecosystem
What is a river, lake, stream, pond? (any one or more of these answers)
this adaptation is when an animal rests or goes into a deep sleep during the cold winter
What is to hibernate (hibernation)?
several food chains that are connected
What is a food web?
the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment
What is an ecosystem?
What is a prey?