Habitat
What is the definition of habitat
Where an organism lives
What are structural adaptations?
A physical part of an organism that helps it survive?
What is a behavioral adaptation?
Any behavior / action, learned or inherited, that helps an organism survive
What will organism compete for?
Food, territory, water, mates
What is the source of all the energy?
A desert habitat is:
A) Very cold is
B) Very hot and dry is
C) Very hot and rains a lot is
D) Under salt water is
B) hot and dry
What is one structural adaptation of a giraffe? Explain.
Long neck - Eat high leaves
Long tongue- wrap around branches, don't get pricked by thorns
Black tongue- doesn't get sunburnt
When an organism is born knowing how to perform is called an ________________.
Instinct
Spiders are born knowing how to spin a web.
Alligators are born knowing how to hunt
Sea Turtles are born knowing to go toward the sea
ETC.
If you win the competition you ___________
Live and can reproduce
Organisms that make their own food and an example
Producers
Any Plant
What habitat does a polar bear live?
By the poles / Tundra
What is a structural adaption of a polar bear?
Thick, white fur
Adaptations that are taught are called ________________. An example.
Learned behaviors
Humans are taught to walk and talk
Racoons learn to wash their food
Lions are taught how to hunt.
ETC.
If you lose the competition you____________
Organisms that must eat producers to obtain energy
What are there non-living features of an ecosystem?
Amount of light
Amount of water
Temperature
Type of soil
Structural adaption of a rose
Thorns prevent being eaten
Flower attracts bees
Long period of inactivity that is like sleeping during the colder months with no food.
Hibernation
An organism that comes form a different area that has no predators and takes over is called an _____________. An example
Invasive Species
What so the following organism eat?
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
H - Plants only
C - Meat only
O- Plants and meat
What type of habitat does a cactus thrive in?
Desert
Name an animal that has a structural adaptation for a desert habitat and explain how that structure helps the animal
Camel hump
Elephant ears
Jackrabbit ears
Ect.
1) When organisms move to different locations at certain times of the year to find food, reproduce, or escape very cold conditions
2) When an organism is only active at night
1) Migration
2) Nocturnal
One organism that has come to Florida from another area and has taken over.
Hogs
Peacocks
Monkeys
Iguanas
Python
Alligators eat frogs
Alligators are ____________ and the frogs are the ___________
Alligators are the predators
Frogs are the Prey