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100

This is the natural home or environment of an organism.

A Habitat

100

These organisms break down waste and dead materials.

Decomposers

100

what is adaptation?

A feature or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment.

100

Seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

Migration

100

This North American desert is home to the Saguaro cactus.

The Sonoran Desert

200

This type of habitat is hot during the day, cold at night, and receives little rainfall.

A desert

200

These organisms make their own food using sunlight.

Producers/Plants

200

This adaptation helps an animal blend in with its environment. Spell it!

Camouflage

200

A long period of deep sleep that helps animals survive winter.

 Hibernation

200

This plant in Sonoran Desert is a microhabitat for Cactus Wren.

Teddy Bear Cholla

300

List 4 abiotic factors in an Ecosystem

Water

Soil

Air

Sunlight

300

This is the path energy follows from one organism to another.

Food Chain

300

Polar bears survive the cold with these two insulating features.

Thick fur and a layer of blubber

300

Suggest three for interaction between organisms.

Food, Reproduction, Shelter

300

This desert rodent never drinks water but survives on seeds.

The kangaroo rat

400

What is a microhabitat?

A microhabitat is a place where an organism lives, but on a much smaller scale.

400

Define Ecosystem

A system where living and non-living things interact.

400

This survival technique involves copying the appearance or behavior of another organism.

Mimicry

400

A skunk’s spray and a pufferfish inflating are examples of this.

Defense mechanisms

400

This venomous desert lizard stores fat in its tail. Explain its features. 

The Gila monster: Slow metabolism, fat storage in their tails, venomous bite, and a preference for underground habitats.

500

This type of habitat, found in both polar regions and high mountain tops, supports only a few specially adapted species due to extreme cold, low sunlight, and short growing seasons.

A tundra habitat

500

What is a food web?

food web, a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community.

500

The Arctic fox changes the color of its fur from brown in summer to white in winter. What type of adaptation is this, and how does it help the fox survive?

Seasonal camouflage

500

What are the strategies of Desert plant to survive harsh conditions?

Thick leaves, spines, bad taste

500

Why is Sonoran Desert more diverse than other deserts because it has this unique climate feature.

Two rainy seasons each year - More vegetation.