Adaptations
Food Chains
Terrestrial Ecosystem
Aquatic Ecosystem
Wild Card
100
Something an organism does to survive
behavioral adaptation
100
What is a producer?
Take energy from the sun and makes its own food
100
What does terrestrial mean?
land.
100
What does aquatic mean?
water
100
What is the difference between a learned behavior and an instinct?
Learned behavior: a behavior that is taught (a bear is taught how to hunt)
Instinct: a behavior an animal is born with (spiders are born knowing how to spin webs)
200
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What kind of adaptation does this animal have?
physical adaptation
200
What is the source of energy for every food chain?
The sun
200
An example of a plant in a desert
cactus
200
Give 3 examples of animals or plants that live in the ocean
Seaweed
Dolphin
Shark
Fish
Coral
etc.
200
Name a real world example of an ecosystem
answers may vary
300
Camouflage is what kind of adaptation?
Physical adaptation
300
What role does a worm have in the food chain
decomposer
300
Name 3 terrestrial ecosystems.
forests, deserts, rainforests, and/or grasslands
300
Give an example of a consumer in the ocean
Shark, dolphin, turtle, etc
300
In what ecosystem do half of the world's species live?
Rainforest
400
Name a behavioral adaptation of a bear
Hibernation
400
What is an omnivore
Someone who eats both meat and plants
400
What adaptation allows a camel to live in the desert?
Can store water in its humps/go for awhile without water
400
Give an example of a food chain in an aquatic ecosystem.
Answers can vary
400
How do we know that dinosaurs existed?
Fossils-- we found evidence buried in the ground such as bones
500
Name 1 physical and 1 behavioral adaptation of humans
physical- thumbs, walking on two feet
behavioral- we read to know if we are in danger and do other things, clothes to keep us warm
500
What would happen to the lions if there were no more zebras?
They would have nothing to eat/starve
Die
Have to find something new to eat
500
What is the difference between a forest and a rainforest?
Forest-- any temperature, normal amount of rain
Rainforest-- warm, humid, rains a lot
500
Name 4 aquatic ecosystems.
ponds, marshes, swamps, streams, rivers, and/or oceans
500
What is the difference between a swamp and a marsh?
Swamp: Woody plants or trees
Marsh: no woody plants, tall grasses and reeds