Animal Organisms
Survive
It starts with the Sun
Web of Chains
Where it lives
100

Animals with a backbone

vertebrates

100

All organisms have ___________ that allow it to survive in its environment.

adaptations

100

Because plants produce their own food, they are called

producers

100

All energy comes from ______, and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community.

the sun

100

All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up an (starts with an "E")

ecosystem

200

Animals without a backbone

invertebrates

200

Structural adaptations are ____________ that help an organism survive, like long beaks, webbed feet, camouflage.

body parts

200

Organisms such as animals do not get their energy from the sun.  They get their energy by:

Eating plants OR eating other animals that have eaten plants

200

All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem make up a 

food web

200

All of the organism's in a forest make up a forest c__________, and all of the organisms in a pond make up a pond c__________.  (same word)

community

300

Snakes lizards and fish are (invertebrate or vertebrate)

vertebrate

300

Behavioral adaptations are things that organisms do to survive. Some examples of behavioral adaptations: (3)

migration, hibernation, instincts, etc.

300

Organisms that get their energy from eating plants or animals are called

consumers

300

Food chains and food webs always start with this producer

a plant

300

Everything in an ecosystem depends on everything else.  Humans often destroy ecosystems by ___________ ponds, _________ _____ forests, etc.

polluting ponds, chopping down forests, etc.

400

clams, squid, worms, and insects are examples of (invertebrate or vertebrate)

invertebrates

400

A _________ eats only plants.  A _______ eats only meat.

herbivore, carnivore

400

Organisms like fungi that break down organisms and recycle them back into the nutrient pool are called

Decomposers

400

The food chain starts with a producer and ends with a 

decomposer

400

The niche of every organism is different, and an organism's niche changes as it grows.  A niche is the organism's role in the community and includes: (3)

what it does, what it eats, and what eats it.

500

An organism's ___________ provides food, water, shelter, and space.

habitat

500

An organism that eats both plants and animals

Omnivore

500

The sun's energy cycles through the ecosystem in this order: ______> ______ >_________ >________

 sun>producers>consumers>decomposers

500

The specific place an organism has in the food web is the organism's  (begins with the letter "N")

niche

500

Groups of like Species that live in the same place at the same time.  (Like all of the people living in Virginia)

population