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Vocabulary
Vocab./ True And False
How do ecosystems change?
How do species change ecosystems?
How do changes cause more changes?
100
What is the process in which plants and animals recieve half of the genes from each parent?
Inherit
100
What is a species that has no members of its kind left?
Extinct
100
What is WIND, WATER, HUMANS... ect. What is something that can potentially CHANGE an ecosystem?
What is WIND, WATER, HUMANS... ect.
100
True or false. A small change inherited by offspring from parent is harmful.
What is FALSE. It is usually neither helpful nor harmful
100
____________ are systems made of living and nonliving things.
What is ECOSYSTEMS
200
What is a change that might happen in an organism's genes?
Mutation
200
Earth worms kill the soil when they dig holes and bring oxygen to plant roots.
False
200
What is one way in which HUMANS change an ecosystem
build houses, clear forests, throw out garbage...ect
200
True or false. Different combinations of DNA may cause offspring to be different from their parents in many ways.
What is TRUE
200
_________ is an animal that can spread diseases such as malaria and the West Nile virus
What is MOSQUITOES
300
What are changed body parts that help the organism survive in its ecosystem?
Structural Adapations
300
Soils and lakes affected by acid rain can change ecosystems.
True
300
What is the GARLIC MUSTARD plant
What is the plant called that was brought over to the United States by early settlers?
300
True or False. Differences amongst organisms of the same species are only due to different DNA.
What is FALSE. the ecosystem can affect the organisms and cause differences as well as different DNA
300
____________ are medicines used to kill disease-causing bacteria.
What is ANTIBIOTICS
400
What are inherited behaviors that help animals survive?
Behavioral Adapations
400
Swarms of feeding locusts can be very helpful to farm fields.
False
400
What happens if a new species is introduced to an ecosystem and has NO natural predators?
What is the population INCREASES dramatically
400
What are come characteristics that are influenced by THE ENVIRONMENT?
What is color, size, eating habits... ect
400
What was the pesticide that was sprayed on farm fields to kill insects?
What is DDT
500
What are poisons that kill insects?
Pesticides
500
Plastic bags in landfills seal off garbage to keep harmful chemicals from leaking into the ground.
False
500
Rain that has absorbed certain kinds of air pollution is called....?
What is ACID RAIN
500
Name an example of an animal that's species survived due to a STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION.
What is the hummingbird, frogs.. ect
500
______ show that there have been a great variety of plants and animals that are now extinct.
What is FOSSILS