I am a?
An animal that ONLY eats plants
What is a Herbivore
Killing too many snakes could cause an increase in rodents....this is considered an ________________
What is unbalanced ecocsystem
What is the start of ALL food chains
What is the sun
The set of steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive.
A special trait that helps an organism survive
What is an adaptation
The change in temperature can cause what type of damage to the ecosystems
warming planet has caused sea levels to rise, droughts to become more frequent and extreme, increased flooding, fires, and extreme weather patterns
What biome is warm and humid year-round and gets lots of rain
What is the rain forest
Tall grasses and mild weather is found here, also the home of gazelles and zebras
What is grasslands
An animal that ONLY eats meat
The prey is the one that is _______________
What is being hunted
What is the final stage of all food chains
What is decomposers
Define food web
The pattern that shows how food chains are related
When an organism is no longer alive on Earth
What is Extinction
What are humans mainly known for in harming the ecosystems
What is pollution
Which is the ONLY biome with 4 seasons
What is the deciduous forest
Fire, tornados, hurricanes, storms, and volcanoes are what kinds of dangers to the ecosystem
What are natural disasters
What is an Omnivore
Predator is the one ________________
What is doing the hunting
Put these in the correct order: mountain lion, rabbit, fox, plant, sun, mushroom
What is sun, plant, rabbit, fox, mountain lion, mushroom
Define ecosystem
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Sleeping through the winter
What is Hibernation
Why is hunting animals becoming a problem
The demand for their skins
This is the largest of ALL the biomes and only has TWO season (winter and summer)
What is Taiga
Building new buildings or dams are examples of what kinds of dangers to ecosystems
What are human actions
Plants make their own food...this makes them a ______
What is a producer
In an aquatic ecosystem, the animals live in what
What is water
Which consumer is considered the lowest on the food chain?
Define camouflage
An adaptation by which an animal hides by blending in with its surroundings
All animals are adapted to live in.....
What is a major issue in logging or forest fires
What is the Tundra
How many water ecosystems are there?
What are 2
Which of the following is NOT an omnivore: bear, human, woodpecker, tiger
Who is the tiger
Why are decomposers so important
Because without them the leftover dead things would not be decomposed and turned into nutrients and put back into the soil for the plants.
What is the highest consumer
What is tertiary consumer
Define mimcry
When one organism imitates the traits of another
The porcupines quills are considered what type of adaptation?
What is physical adaptation
Name a reason that an ecosystem is harmed by non-native plants or animals
The new organisms compete with the natural organisms from that location for available resources.
These unnatural strangers can push other organisms out, causing them to become extinct.
The extinction of one species can then affect still other organisms that depended on the extinct organism as a source of food.
The desert is hot and dry. How many inches of rain does it get each year?
What is less than 10 inches
All of the following can cause Habitat loss, temperature change, Pollution, Overharvesting of plants and animals, Non-native animals and plants
What is extinction