Food Chains
The organism that makes its own food using sunlight is called a ______.
Producer
The place where an organism lives and gets everything it needs to survive is called its ______.
Habitat
A special trait that helps a plant or animal survive is called a(n) ______.
Adaptation
If a forest fire burns an area, this is called a ______ change.
Natural / disturbance
Taking care of God’s creation is called ______.
Stewardship
An animal that eats only plants is called a ______.
Herbivore
Name one type of habitat found in Georgia.
Forest, wetland, coastal, freshwater, etc.
Some birds have long beaks to reach nectar. This is an adaptation for ______.
Getting food / feeding
Cutting down trees in a forest is an example of a ______ change.
Human/man-made
Picking up trash and recycling are ways humans can ______.
Care for the environment / reduce waste
The arrow in a food chain shows the direction of ______.
Energy flow / who eats whom
Grasslands have few trees and lots of ______.
Grasses
Animals that blend in with their environment are using ______.
Camouflage
When too many deer eat all the plants in an area, it is called ______.
Overgrazing
Protecting habitats for animals is important because ______.
God wants us to care for His creatures / animals need a home
A fox eats a rabbit. The fox is a ______.
Carnivore / Secondary consumer
Animals that live in the desert are adapted to survive with little ______.
Water
Hibernation is an adaptation to survive ______.
Winter / cold / scarce food
A drought is an example of a ______ that affects ecosystems.
Environmental/natural change
Planting trees helps the environment by ______.
Providing oxygen, shelter, preventing erosion
In a food chain, decomposers like fungi and bacteria are important because they ______.
Break down dead plants and animals / recycle nutrients
A coral reef is an example of a ______ habitat.
Marine / Ocean
The thick fur of a polar bear is an adaptation for ______.
Staying warm in a cold habitat
Pollution in a river can harm fish. This is an example of a change caused by ______.
Humans/human activity
Using fewer resources, reusing items, and recycling is called the 3 ______.
R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle