Adaptations
What do we call the changes that help animals survive in their environment?
Adaptations
Name one nonliving component of an ecosystem.
rocks, water
What is one way humans can help improve air quality?
Reducing air pollution from factories
What do we call the path that energy takes through an ecosystem?
A food chain
Organisms that eat dead or decaying materials?
Decomposers
Name a physical adaptation of a polar bear.
White fur to camofluage
Name one living component component of an ecosystem.
Animal or plant
Why is it important to conserve water?
Every living thing needs it and it is hard to produce.
What is the first level of a food chain?
The sun
A group of living things that have something in common.
Community
Give an example of a behavioral adaptation.
Ex. hibernation
What is an animal called when it eats another animal?
Predator
Name a natural event that can change an ecosystem.
Ex. tornadoes tearing down homes
How do producers differ from consumers?
Producers make their own food/energy, consumers take energy from what they eat.
The total number of animals living in a specific area.
Population
Why is it important for animals to adapt to their surroundings?
To survive and fit their environment better
How do plants and animals depend on each other in an ecosystem?
1. Plants take in what we breathe out, we breathe in oxygen that plants make.
2. Animals spread the plant's seeds.
How does pollution affect habitats?
Too much trash means animals don't have room to live or they can get hurt by eating it. Air pollution can make them sick.
Name a primary consumer in a food chain.
A rabbit that ate grass.
The environment where a plant or animal lives.
Habitat
How can populations change over time?
They can increase population, decrease their population, migrate, or create new adaptions.
Name a freshwater aquatic ecosystem.
Swamps,rivers,lakes
What is one positive human activity that supports ecosystems?
We do controlled burns to help regrowth.
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
Food chains are one flow of energy but food webs are multiple food chains that overlap.
A particular role for a species in an ecosystem.
Niche