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Life Cycles
Adaptations
Ecosystems
Food Webs
Potpourri
100
A butterfly goes through this stage just before becoming an adult form.
What is a pupa? Also acceptable: chrysalis
100
This type of adaptation is an activity an organism performs to help it meet a life need.
A behavioral adaptation
100
Ecosystems include both living and _________ things.
non-living
100
A combination of food chains is called a ________
Food web
100
Within a food web, _________ have the most energy.
producers
200
After baby frogs hatch they are called _________
tadpoles
200
This adaptation is a physical attribute that helps and organism to survive.
A structural adaptation.
200
A group of the same species living in the same place is called a _______________
population
200
These organisms in a food web break down dead plants and animals.
Decomposers
200
The length of time an animal is expected to live is its ___________
lifespan
300
A change in body form is called ______
A metamorphosis
300
Spinning a web is an example of what kind of adaptation?
A behavioral adaptation.
300
All of the populations of organisms living in area are called a ____________
community
300
Organisms in a food web that make their own food are called _____________
producers
300
Name a negative impact that humans can have on an ecosystem.
Land, water or air pollution, or a few other acceptable answers
400
Name an animal other than a butterfly or frog that goes through a life cycle.
Every single animal ever.
400
A bird's sharp curved beak used for tearing meat is an example of what kind of adaptation?
A structural adaptation
400
A place in which an animal or plant naturally lives is called its _____________
Habitat
400
Organisms in a food web that eat other organisms for food are called ___________
consumers
400
The negative human impact that kills the most animals is ________
Habitat destruction
500
Name the two types of metamorphosis.
Complete and incomplete
500
Name the two categories (or types) of BEHAVIORAL adaptations
Instincts and learned behaviors
500
The function or role that an organism performs in the place where it lives is its ___________
niche
500
The energy in almost all food webs on earth ultimately comes from ___________________
the sun
500
Name an organism that undergoes an incomplete metamorphosis.
Mayfly or grasshopper. Other acceptable answers are possible