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Body Systems
Organism Traits
Ecosystems
Food Chains and Webs 1
Food Chains and Webs 2
100

How does the circulatory system compare to the respiratory system?

The respiratory system brings oxygen into the body, while the circulatory system moves oxygen through the body.

100

This is a characteristic that is passed down from parents to their offspring, such as body covering or eye color.

What is an inherited trait?

100

This ecosystem is a combination of salt water and freshwater.

What is an estuary?

100
Plants are part of this type of organism that makes its own food.
What is a producer?
100
Mushroom and earthworms are part of this group of consumers that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals.
What is a decomposer?
200

A function of the skeletal system that helps the circulatory system. 

What is producing red blood cells?

200

A trait that a dog does not inherit. (Example)

What is the ability to sit on command?

200
Members of the same species, that live together in the same habitat, make up one of these.
What is a population?
200
This type of organism eats other organisms to get food energy.
What is a consumer?
200
This is a carnivore that hunts, catches, and eats other animals.
What is a predator?
300

The organizational structure of humans. 

cell, tissue, organs, organ system, organism

300
This refers to an animal's natural response to a stimulus.
What is an instinctive behavior (or instinct)?
300
Different populations, of different species, that share the same habitat make up one of these.
What is a community?
300
Rabbits and mice are examples of this type of organism that eats only plants.
What is an herbivore?
300
These are animals that are hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal.
What is a prey?
400

What do the digestive system and circulatory system of the human body have in common?

They work together to give cells the nutrients needed to produce energy.

400
This adaptive function is when an animal, like a butterfly or whale, travels a long distance to find resources needed to survive.
What is a migration?
400
All the living and nonliving things, that interact with each other in an environment, make up one of these.
What is an ecosystem?
400
Lions, Tigers, and Killer Whales are examples of this type of consumer that eats only meat.
What is a carnivore?
400

If a consumer’s food source is unavailable what could happen to the food chain? 

The consumer would have to move to find a food source, or die, causing changes to the food chain.

500

This body system sends messages throughout the body. 

What is the nervous system?

500
Bears are famous for this adaptation, in which they sleep for a long period of time, like winter.
What is hibernation?
500
A very large area of land, with a certain type of climate, and certain types of organisms make up one of these.
What is a biome?
500
Humans and bears are examples of this type of consumers that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
500
Vultures and hyena are examples of a type of animal that gets food by eating the scraps left behind by a predator.
What is a scavenger?