Animal Changes
Rest through the cold winter
Hibernate
An organism that eats other organisms for food
A consumer
A living thing
Organism
Group
A color pattern that blends into the environment to hide from predators or prey
Camouflage
An organism that makes its own food
A producer
Ecosystem
The total number of one kind of animal living in the environment
Population
Why do animals migrate?
To avoid the cold winter and find food.
A sequence of how organisms use other organisms for food
Food web
Ecology
Why do animals stay in groups?
To find food, protect themselves, and raise their young.
A change that helps an animal survive when its environment changes
Adaptation
A system of connected food webs
Food chain
Define ecologist
Someone who studies ecosystems
Give an example of one kind of animal in Pennsylvania that stays in a group.
Possible answers: birds, bunnies, chipmunks
Is migration a bodily change or a behavioral change?
Migration is a behavioral change.
The sun, a producer (plant), a consumer (herbivore), a consumer (carnivore)
What are two basic parts of an ecologist's job?
Study ecosystems and find ways to help them
Give an example of 10 animals that would live in one animal community in Pennsylvania.
Possible answers: Deer, racoons, skunk, squirrels, chipmunks, bunnies, birds, turtles, groundhogs, turkeys, foxes, opossums, porcupines, beavers