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Adaptations
Ecosystems
Food Webs
Niches
Impact
100
Something an animal has to help it survive.
Adaptation
100
All of the organisms of the same species that live in an area.
Population
100
Where does all energy in a food web start?
The sun
100
A place that gives an organisms all it needs to survive.
Habitat
100
What life form has the largest impact on Earth?
Humans
200
What type of adaptation is each: quills? hibernation? camouflage?
Quills & camouflage= structural/ physical hibernation= behavioral
200
Populations of species that live in the same place.
Community
200
What are producers and consumers?
Producers get energy from the sun, consumers get energy from eating
200
The function an organism performs in the food web.
niche
200
When humans put waste in the air, water, and land, what is it called?
pollution
300
Adaptations that are things an animal does to survive are:
behavioral
300
All the populations and the non living things in an area.
Ecosystem
300
Why are decomposers important?
The break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.
300
Name two animals that change their niche as they grow.
butterfly/ frog
300
Name two ways humans negatively impact the environment.
pollution, mining, dams, light, noise, pesticides, deforestation, oil spills, etc.
400
Adaptations that are physical characteristics are known as:
structural (physical)
400
Name 3 different ecosystems.
forest, desert, ocean, arctic, grassland, rain forest, etc.
400
Describe what each eats: herbivore: carnivore: omnivore:
herbivore- plants carnivore- animals omnivore- both
400
Name the stages in a butterfly's life cycle
egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), adult (butterfly)
400
Name two things humans can do to help the environment.
Plant trees, protect forests, use renewable energy, recycle, organic farms, etc.
500
Name a structural and behavioral adaptation of a lion.
Structural: claws/ teeth, color, padded feet (quiet), legs for running, etc. Behavioral: living in packs, caring for young, pouncing, hunting at night, etc.
500
Describe the community and nonliving things that make up the forest ecosystem.
community: trees, insects, deer, squirrels, etc. nonliving: rocks, soil, sunlight, water
500
Which part of the food web has the greatest amount of energy?
Producers
500
What is the niche of a mouse?
Eat plants/ eaten by snakes & hawks herbivore/ prey animal
500
What human activity is causing many animals to become endangered?
loss of habitat