What is generally very hot days and cool nights, precipitation less than 10 inches a year.
100
What is the climate of the tundra?
What is very cold, harsh, and long winters, short and cool summers
100
A consumer that eats both plants and animals is called a
What is an omnivore
200
What is the climate of the deciduous forest?
What is relatively mild summers and cold winters, some precipitation every year. (This is where we live)
200
What is an estuary?
What is an ecosystem that produces a wide variety of plant and animal life due to the mixture of salt and fresh water.
200
What is the soil like in the desert?
What is poor in animal and plant decay products but often rich in minerals.
200
What is the soil in the tundra like?
What is nutrient poor, with a permafrost layer a few inches down
200
A ______________ is a consumer that hunts for its food
What is predator
300
What is the soil like in the rain forest?
What is very nutrient poor because the thick trees block sunlight from the ground.
300
What adaptations do animals in an estuary have to have?
What is the ability to live in salt and fresh water.
300
Describe the plant and animal life in a grassland
What is few trees, mostly grasses and small shrubs, elephants, zebras, lions, giraffes.
300
What type of animals live in the tundra?
What is musk oxen, caribou, arctic fox, weasels, hares, owls, polar bears
300
What is the name of a relationship that benefits both animals?
What is mutualism
400
What is the soil like in the deciduous rainforest?
What is rich topsoil over clay
400
Why is the ocean such an important ecosystem?
Because it accounts for so much of the earth's area and has such a wide variety of plants an animals.
400
What animal adaptations do animals in the desert have?
What is long legs to keep bodies off the ground, long eyelashes to keep out sand, the ability to go for long periods of time without food or water.
400
What are some animal adaptations in the tundra?
What is fur that blends in with surroundings, thick fur and fat to protect against the elements, ability to hibernate when needed
400
What is the beginning of every food chain?
What is the sun
500
What are the plants and animals like in the rainforest?
What is most diverse on earth: ferns, many kinds of trees, insects, reptiles, monkeys, elephants and colorful birds
500
What animal adaptations are there in grasslands?
What is camouflage for both predator and prey, long necks to reach trees
500
What is the difference between the arctic and antarctic tundra?
What is the antarctic tundra has less diverse wildlife, mostly penguins and seals live there, while the arctic tundra has animals mentioned in previous question.
500
What is the relationship that benefits one species and does not help or harm the other animal.