Vocab
What is the term for a community of organisms and their physical environment?
An ecosystem.
All organisms need a steady supply of which two things to carry out life processes?
Energy and matter.
When two things influence or act on each other within an ecosystem, what are they doing?
Interacting.
What word describes the end or complete dying out of a type of organism?
Extinction.
Which term describes the atmospheric conditions at a specific place right now at this exact time?
Weather.
This word refers to any living thing, whether it is as large as an elephant or too tiny to see without a microscope. What is it?
An organism.
According to the unit, what are four life processes that organisms need energy and matter to perform?
Growing, developing, reproducing, and responding to the environment.
When bees gather pollen and nectar from flowers, how do the flowers benefit from this interaction?
The bees move pollen to other flowers so they can make seeds.
If an environment changes and organisms can no longer survive there, what are their two choices?
They must move to another place, or they will die.
Complete the lesson phrase: "Climate is what you expect to get. Weather is ________."
What you get.
What do we call the typical weather conditions of a certain region over a period of many years?
Climate.
What specific materials in food do organisms need so they can live, grow, and remain healthy?
Nutrients.
What word tells us the total number of a specific organism living in a certain area?
Population.
Use the correct verb from the "consume" family: Animals must ________ other organisms to survive.
Consume.
If someone tells you the average yearly rainfall in Portland, Oregon is 37 inches, are they describing climate or weather?
Climate.
This type of plant-like organism has no leaves, flowers, or green coloring. What is it?
A fungus (plural: fungi).
Plants absorb the sun's energy and transform it into food energy. What happens to organisms that cannot make their own food?
They consume plants and other tiny organisms to get energy.
When great horned owls begin to leave an area, what does it tell scientists about the ecosystem?
It is a sign that the ecosystem has ceased to function effectively.
Provide the noun and the adjective forms of the verb "require".
Requirements (noun) and required (adjective).
What adjective describes something having to do with the warm, wet regions near the Earth's equator?
Tropical.
What are usually very small, single-celled organisms that share features with plants, animals, or fungi?
Protists.
When organisms die, what two types of living things break down their bodies to return nutrients back to the soil?
Bacteria and fungi.
True or False: Every species has the exact same set of requirements for living.
False. Every species has its own special set of requirements.
Give the three words that belong to the "transform" family based on Activity C.
Transform, transformer, and transformation.
Dramatic changes in Earth's climate can cause mass extinctions. What prehistoric animal was given as an example of this in the unit?
The dinosaur.