Food Chain/Web
What is a series of organisms that depend on one another for food?
Food chain
What is an adaptation?
A special characteristic that helps an animal survive
What is the smallest group in an ecosystem
organism
This animal is hunted
prey
When a bear sleeps through the winter, what adaptation is it using?
hibernation
What is a several food chains connected together?
Food web
When a goose flies south for the winter, what adaptation is is using?
migration
All the living and non-living things in an environment and how they interact
Ecosystem
This animal eats only meat
carnivore
This organism breaks down dead plant and animal material
decomposer
A food chain always starts with this -
the sun!
Why would a cactus be well fitted for the desert?
Doesn't need much water to survive or can store water
An animal's home
habitat
This animal eats meat and plants
omnivore
What is an animal's job in an ecosystem?
niche
This type of organism makes its own food
Producer
When a rabbit's fur changes from brown to white for the winter, it is using this adaptation.
camouflage
All the living things in an ecosystem
community
This animal must hunt for its food
predator
What is the biggest part of the energy pyramid?
producers
This organism must eat other organism
consumer
A viceroy butterfly looks very similar to a monarch butterfly, but it is not poisonous. It is using this adaptation.
mimicry
All the members of a single type of organism in an ecosystem
population
This animal only eats plants
herbivore
How is a frog niche different when it is a tadpole versus an adult frog?
Answers may vary:
Tadpole - swims in a pod or river, eats algae or plants
Frog - jumps on land or in water, eats bugs