Environment
the specific place and set of conditions where a living thing lives.
What is environment?
a special tool or "tactic" a living thing has to help it stay alive.
What is adaptation?
the biological process where "parents" create "offspring" to ensure their kind continues.
What is reproduction?
a traditional Indigenous Australian land management practice, practiced for over 60,000 years, involving the use of low-intensity, "cool" fires to systematically burn vegetation
What is firestick farming?
Specialized scales that act as straws to pull water to its mouth
What is an example of a structural adaptation?
weather conditions prevailing over a long period of time
What is climate?
evolutionary strategies
What is adaptation?
The transfer of pollen (usually by wind, bees, or birds) to allow a plant to create seeds.
What is pollination?
plastic particles smaller than(5mm) contaminating the global environment, found in air, water, soil, and food.
What are microplastics?
Birds flying north to avoid the winter cold.
What is an example of behavioural adaptation-migration
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Desert sand or rainforest floor
What is terrain?
is a physical part of the body that aids survival. These are the visible "tools" an animal is born
What are structural adaptations?
seeds move away from the "parent" plant to find their own space to grow (via wind, water, or animals).
What is dispersal?
Snap shots of the climate frozen in time
What are ice cores?
Staying underground during the heat of the day.
What is an example of nocturnal adaptation?
food and resources
What are nutrients?
an action or way an animal acts. Unlike physical parts, these are "decisions" or instincts.
What is behavioural adaptation?
animals not hunted by other animals
What are apex predators?
able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
What is sustainable?
Emu chicks didn't choose their fast legs
What is an example of inherited genes?
a group of living things that are similar and can produce babies (offspring) together.
What is species?
receive a quality or characteristic from your parents through your genes.
What are genes?
a series of plants and animals that depend on one another for food
What is a food chain?
reduce, reuse, recycle
What are sustainable practices?
I am a burr with sticky hooks
What is a plant characteristics? or dispersal