Habitats, Ecosystems & Biomes
Which habitat has very little rainfall and hot daytime temperatures?
Hot desert
What is an animal that hunts another animal called?
Predator
What is the first source of energy in most food chains?
The Sun
What is it called when an entire species disappears forever?
Extinction
What is the place where a living thing lives called?
A habitat
What are the two types of habitats?
Terrestrial habitat & Aquatic habitat
What is an animal hunted for food called?
Prey
What kind of living thing begins every food chain?
A producer
What is a species at risk of disappearing forever called?
Endangered species
Which habitat contains many fish and sea animals living among coral?
Coral reef
Which type of forest is hot and wet all year long?
A tropical rainforest
What are living things that cannot make their own food called?
Consumers
What is made up of many connected food chains?
A food web.
What is dirtying the air, water, and land called?
Pollution
What kinds of trees grow in the boreal forest?
Evergreen trees
Which habitat has shallow water covering the land for part of the year?
Wetlands
What are living things that can make their own food called?
Producers
What is the word for the living thing at the highest level of a food chain?
An apex predator
What adaptation helps animals blend into their environment?
Camouflage
Which habitat has four seasons and trees that lose their leaves?
Temperate forest
What is made up of living and non-living things interacting together?
An ecosystem
List three non-living things that living things need to survive?
Water, Air, Sun etc.
In a food chain, what is the rabbit called: Sun → plant → rabbit → fox?
A primary consumer.
What is cutting down large areas of forest called?
Deforestation
What do decomposers return to the soil?
Nutrients
What is a large region with similar climate, plants, and animals called?
A biome
What living things break down dead plants and animals?
Decomposers
What do arrows show in a food chain?
Energy flow
What are traits that help organisms survive in their habitat called?
Adaptations
What process do plants use to make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What five things do all living things need to survive?
Food, water, air, shelter, and space.
What are the three types of consumers, and what do each type eat?
Herbivores eat only plants, carnivores eat only animals, and omnivores eat both plants and animals.
What is a species called when it does not naturally belong in a habitat?
An invasive species
What is it called when animals move to another place during seasons?
Migration
What is the relationship called when living and non-living things depend on one another?
Interdependence