Organisms
What is a living thing?
A living thing is an organism that can grow, reproduce, and respond to the environment.
What is an environment?
An environment is all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism.
What is camouflage?
Camouflage is a way that animals blend in with their environment to avoid predators.
What is a coral reef?
Which of the following is an example of an organism?
A river
A swing
A flower
A rock
A flower
Name an example of an organism.
Any living thing:
example: flower, tree, animal, bacteria, fungus
Name a type of environment.
Forest, Desert, Rainforest, Coral Reef, etc
Why do animals have adaptations?
Animals have adaptations to help them survive in their environment.
Name one organism found in a coral reef.
Example: clownfish, fish, seahorses etc
What might happen to an oak tree's environment if squirrels are no longer in it?
The squirrels will not plant the tree's acorns, son now new oaks trees will be planted.
What do organisms need to survive?
Organisms need food, water, shelter, and air.
What are two things in an environment?
Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Fungus
Give an example of an adaptation.
The long neck of a giraffe helps it reach high leaves.
How does a coral reef provide food?
Coral reefs provide food by supporting a diverse array of fish and other marine organisms that feed on algae and plankton.
This frog has the following needs:
- insects to eat
- a place to live that is always damp and warm
- large leaves in trees that collect water for tadpoles (baby frogs) to grow in
tropical rainforest
How do organisms interact with their environment?
Organisms interact with their environment by obtaining food, finding shelter, and reproducing.
How does an environment affect organisms?
The environment provides resources that organisms need to survive, such as food and shelter.
How do adaptations help survival?
Adaptations allow organisms to find food, avoid predators, and thrive in their specific environment.
What protects fish in a coral reef?
Coral structures provide shelter and protection from predators.
Loggers are cutting down all the rainforest trees in an area. The land will be used to build houses or to keep cattle. What is most likely to happen to the monkeys that ate the fruit from trees in the rainforest?
The monkeys will move away to look for food.
Describe a food chain.
A food chain shows how energy and nutrients move from one organism to another, starting from producers to consumers.
Describe a coral reef.
A coral reef is a marine ecosystem made up of coral structures and diverse marine life, providing habitat and food for many organisms.
Describe a specific adaptation of a lion.
A lion's strong legs help it run fast to catch prey.
Sharp teeth to eat/tear their prey.
What happens if coral reefs die?
If coral reefs die, many marine species lose their habitat and the ecosystem becomes unbalanced.
Most lions alive today live in eastern and Southern Africa. Lions live in hot, grassy areas. They hide behind tall grass to sneak up on their prey. Lions also use shade from trees to cool off during the hot days. Lions used to live in more places, but now there are not as many lions left. For this reason, some people try to conserve the lion's environment so that lions will not become extinct.
Describe a living thing that a lion needs to hunt well.
Tall grass to sneak up on their prey.