Plants - Parts
What is the beginning stage of a plant, waiting to grow?
Seed
What attracts insects and bees to help the plant reproduce?
Flowers
What is a coniferous tree?
A coniferous tree is also called an evergreen tree. It stays green all year long.
The maximum population a habitat can support based on the food, water, and resources available is called what?
Carrying Capacity
Which species would be considered a decomposer?
mushroom, white-lipped snail, dew worm
What is a community?
The plants and animals that live together in a habitat.
What part of the plant gets food for the plant using the sun, air, and water?
Leaves
Photosynthesis uses energy from this.
The sun
What is a deciduous tree?
A deciduous tree has broad, flat leaves. The leaves change colour in autumn and fall to the ground.
What does a habitat need to support life?
Food, air, water, shelter, space
What are animals called that are in danger of disappearing forever?
Endangered
What is a habitat?
A habitat is a natural home or environment for a plant, animal, or organism.
What part of the plant grows in the earth's soil?
Roots
What does chlorophyll do?
Absorbs the light energy from the sun.
What are adaptations?
Traits or behaviours that help plants and animals survive in their habitat.
Describe two things humans do to help protect or improve the habitats and communities.
Humans research and learn more about nature.
Raise funds to help habitats.
Establish conservation areas
Use green energy resources
Humans plant trees and native plants, etc.
What are the three types of species in a food chain are?
What are carnivores? omnivores? herbivores?
Carnivores: Animals that only eat meat.
Omnivores: Animals that eat plants and meat.
Herbivores: Animals that only eat plants.
What are the parts of a plant? List 3.
Stem, leaves, flower, seed, root.
What do plants need to survive? List 3.
Air, space, soil, water, sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
The process that allows plants to make their own food.
Why are habitats important to humans? List 3.
Habitats are home to humans.
Habitats are home to animals, which are important for food.
Habitats have trees that keep our air clean.
What is a Food Web?
A diagram that shows how organisms are interconnected.
What is deforestation?
The cutting down of trees.
What is the parts of a flower? List 3.
Stamen, Pistil, Sepal, Stem, and Petal
Give an example of a plant adaptation.
Cactus has prickly thorns to prevent it from being eaten by herbivores.
Sloping branches allows snow to slide off.
Wide flat leaves of a lily pad allows it to float on water.
Venus fly trap eats flies as there is not enough nutrients in the soil.
What is a Plant?
A living thing that grows in the ground and needs sun and water to survive.
List three adaptations that help an animal survive in its habitat.
Sharp teeth - to eat meat
Long neck - to eat leaves off tree
White fur - to camouflage with snow
Long beaks - to reach nectar deep in flowers.
Move slowly - to make it hard for predators to see them.
List 3 different types of habitats?
Tundra, desert, rainforest, forest, wetland, ocean
What are invasive species?
Living things brought to a new habitat.