Includes all living and non-living things that share the same place and interact with each other.
What is an ecosystem.
100
Characteristics passed down from parent to offspring, like the color of hair or eyes.
What is inherited traits?
100
They make their own food.
What is a producer?
100
An inherited trait that allows an organism not only to survive but to strive in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
100
A change that takes place to the form or body of an organism as it grows.
What is metamorphosis?
200
An animals unique role or "job" in the ecosystem.
What is a niche.
200
Which of the following is an inherited trait of a horse?
a) strong muscles for running
b) wearing horseshoes
c) stoping when the reins are pulled
d) carrying a rider on its back
What is (a) strong muscles for running
200
They eat things. They can be classified as primary or secondary.
What is a consumer?
200
True or False?
Adaptive changes take many generations to happen.
What is True
200
Only has three stages; the nymph is a smaller version of the adult.
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
300
A group of ecosystems in an area with the same climate and organisms. Example: deserts, tropical rain forests, tundra and grasslands
What is a biome.
300
True or False?
Knowing how to read is an instinctive behavior.
What is False.
300
An animal that is hunted or eaten.
What is a prey?
300
What adaptation would best helps species survive in a cold climate?
a) long legs
b) excellent eyesight
c) lots of body fat
d) a good sense of smell
What is C - lots of body fat
300
Which of these living things has a life cycle that includes metamorphosis?
a) humans
b) dogs
c) corn plants
d) monarch butterflies
What is (d) monarch butterflies
400
A biome the receives very little rain. Most are very hot during the day and cool at night.
What is a desert.
400
Things learned by interacting with the environment or by observing other organisms.
What is a learned behavior?
400
The transfer of energy from organism to organism. Arrows are used to show the flow of energy.
What is a food chain or food web
400
Which of the following describes an adaptation that allows a living thing to meet its need for food?
a) a fish's gills
b) a giraffe's neck
c) a plants flowers
d) an insect's exoskeleton
What is (b) a giraffe's neck
400
Has four stages; the adult organism looks very different from the larva.
What is complete metamorphosis?
500
The specific area where an animal lives. Many of these make up an ecosystem.
What is a habitat?
500
Every day you feed your aquarium fish right after you turn on the aquarium light. After a few weeks, your fish swim to the top of the water when you turn on the aquarium light. This is an example of...
What is learned behavior?
500
The beginning of a food chain.
What is the sun?
500
The scales on a reptile are an adaptation that help it prevent....
What is water loss.
500
Name two differences between complete metamorphosis and incomplete metamorphosis.
What is a) complete metamorphosis has four stages and incomplete metamorphosis only has three
b) In incomplete metamorphosis the adult and the nymph look alike and in complete metamorphosis the larva and adult are very different.