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Biomes
What are you eating?
Adaptations
All About Energy
Science Potpourri
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Which biome, known as a marshy plain, has very little vegetation, small amounts of precipitation, and permafrost conditions?
Tundra
100
What type of organism eats only plants?
Herbivore
100
What is an adaptation?
An adaptation is a characteristic that helps an organism live in it's environment
100
What does a food chain show?
A food chain shows the flow of energy from one organism to another in a line.
100
What is an organism?
An organism is a living thing
200
Which biome experiences a large amount of rainfall and is found near the equator?
Tropical Rainforest
200
What type of animal eats only meat?
Carnivore
200
How is a mallard duck adapted to live in a pond?
It has webbed toes, waterproof feathers, and flat bills to find food on the pond's floor
200
What does a food web show?
A food web shows the flow of energy in an entire community.
200
What are the planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
300
Which biome contains trees that change colours in the seasons and has an average temperature between -3 to 16 degrees Celsius?
Deciduous Forest
300
What type of animal eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
300
How does the shape of an animal's teeth show that they are adapted to eat a certain diet?
Carnivores have sharp teeth to tear flesh, herbivores have flat teeth to grind plants, and omnivores have a combination of both sharp and flat teeth for both types of food.
300
Does energy ever disappear?
No, it just changes form
300
What is chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll is the green colour in plants that traps energy from sunlight. It converts light into sugar/ energy.
400
Which biome is the largest biome in the world?
Taiga
400
What is an organism that eats by preying on other animals called?
Predator
400
Some birds migrate in the winter to warmer climates. What type of adaptation is this?
Behavioral Adaptation
400
What process do plants do to make their own energy?
Photosynthesis
400
If the moon is waxing, it is getting _______
Bigger
500
What is the other name for the biome known as Taiga?
Boreal Forest
500
What is an organism that only eats dead organic matter called?
A scavenger
500
Giraffes have long necks to eat leaves from tall trees. What kind of adaptation is this?
A physical or structural adaptation
500
What is the chemical process for photosynthesis?
Sunlight + Carbon Dioxide + Water = Glucose/ Sugar + Oxygen
500
Roughly, how old is planet Earth?
Approximately 4.5 billion years old.