Habitats & Ecosystems
What is a habitat?
A place where a living thing gets food, water, shelter, and space.
What is symmetry?
When two sides match or mirror each other.
What part of a tree takes in water from the ground?
Roots
What kind of beak would help a bird sip nectar?
A long, slender beak.
What tool measures temperature?
A thermometer.
What habitat is hot or cold but always very dry?
Desert
Name one thing in nature that can show symmetry.
Butterfly wings, leaves, flowers, etc.
What process allows trees to make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis.
What kind of beak helps birds crack seeds?
A strong, cone-shaped beak.
What tool measures rainfall?
A rain gauge.
What habitat is warm, rainy, and full of many plants and animals?
Tropical rainforest.
Name one thing in nature that can show a spiral pattern.
Seashell, sunflower, pinecone, nautilus shell, etc.
What green pigment in leaves helps capture sunlight?
Chlorophyll
What is migration?
When animals travel to a new place during certain seasons.
What is buoyancy?
How well something floats in water.
There are five habitat clues we use to tell habitats apart, name at least three of them.
1. Temperature
2. Water/precipitation
3. Plants
4. Land
5. Location
What famous number pattern did we learn about in shells, sunflowers, and pinecones?
The Fibonacci Sequence.
Name three ways seeds can travel.
Wind, water, animals.
What is hibernation?
A deep sleep that helps animals save energy during winter.
How is snow made?
Water vapor freezes around tiny particles in cold clouds and forms ice crystals that fall as snowflakes.
What are decomposers, and why are they important?
They break down dead things and return nutrients to the soil.
What do order, beauty, and repeated patterns in nature teach us about God?
hat God is wise, orderly, creative, and beautiful.
What is seed dispersal, and why does it matter?
It is the way seeds travel away from the parent plant so they can grow in new places.
Name three ways animals prepare for seasonal changes.
Migration, hibernation, growing thicker fur, storing food, changing color, nesting, etc.
Name the three main kinds of rocks.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.