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Arrows Everywhere
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Plants help humans breathe because...
They give off oxygen that humans and animal take in.
100

What are adaptations?

Something an organism has on their body that helps them survive in their environment. Can also be a behavior like hibernation.

100
Surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives in it's ecosystem.
Environment 
100

The beginning of every food chain or food web.

sun
100

Why don't ducks have hooves?  Be Specific.

If they had hooves they would not be able swim and wound need to find some other form of food

200
One way that plants help with air pollution is
They take in Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere.
200

Explain why different species of birds might have different beaks. 

The function of the beak is gathering and eating food. If the bird eats seeds, it would have a short beak for cracking. A hawk with have a bigger hooked beak for shredding prey.

200
An organism that is not wanted and can take over other organisms or upset an ecosystem.
An invasive species
200

The simple path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

food chain
200
An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.
Consumer
300
The three main things a plant must take in to produce their own food.
Water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide
300

Name an adaptation of a porcupine and explain how it helps the animal survive.

quills, when threatened, the porcupines quills stand straight and can be easily detached into a predator. They don't shoot them but its okay if you said that. 

300
Name two ways a squirrel might depend on a tree.
Food (acorns) or shelter
300

A system of overlapping food chains.

food web
300
This is an animal that is dependent on other animals to kill or get their food for them. They come in and get the leftovers. Name one.
Scavengers -vultures -hyena -raccoons (digging through trash) -fish that eat off the floor of the ocean or lake such as catfish -lions (they sometimes intimidate other animals and take their kill from them)
400
Name what happens to both the oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air if too many trees are cut down.
Decrease in oxygen (goes down) increase in carbon dioxide (goes up)
400

Explain why a crocodile's eyes are where they are and why they have a strong jaw

so they can see above the water and eat big prey without it getting away.

400

Pollution is...

Something humans add to the environment that is NOT natural and is harmful to land, air, or water. Example: dumping trash, throwing cups in water.

400

In a certain food web, a bear eats beets, berries and fish.  What way will the arrows point ANd how would you classify the bear based on how it gets its energy?

Arrows point at the bear. Classified as a consumer and omnivore.

400
Give an example of what happens to coyotes if their environment is destroyed by the building of homes.
move, adapt or die
500
Name two different things that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Humans and animals breathing,

Burning of fossil fuels, and breakdown of dead plants and animals by decomposers

500

These type of teeth would most likely be found on a carnivore. Explain why.

Sharp knife like teeth for shredding and tearing. They eat meat so they have to be able to attack and kill prey and then tear into the meat.

500
Name 4 nonliving elements that organisms might interact with along a rocky shore of an ocean.
rocks, soil(sand), air, wind, water, sunlight, possibly trash etc. A water lizard might bask in the sunlight on a rock, hide in the soil when it is too windy or when the air is too hot, and they drink fresh water if it is near by.
500
In this food chain, which organism ends up with most of the energy that is passed on from the sun: Sun>>>grass>>>rabbit>>>snake>>>hawk
The grass.
500
What is photosynthesis and how does it work?
It is a process by which producers make their own food by taking in water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide and combining it with chlorophyll to produce glucose (a sugar) which is their food. The producer then releases oxygen into the atmosphere.