True/False
The forest floor is found at the top of the rainforest
A thick layer of fat used by some animals for warmth
Blubber
A group of grazing animals that stay together for protection
Herd
Animals of the food chain that find and eat food for energy
Consumers
A stream is a ________ habitat
Freshwater
In a rainforest, the extremely tall trees grow in the emergent layer
True
The natural home of a plant or animal
Habitat
A group of fish
School
In a food chain, whatever is not eaten is broken down by
Decomposers
A dry land area having very little plant growth
Desert
The direction that water flows is the surface film
False, Current
Small mammals, such as rats
Rodents
A group of wolves or wild dogs
Pack
The plants of a food chain; plants that produce their own food
Producers
The treeless land of the Arctic where the subsoil is permanently frozen
Tundra
False, Cleaner
The plants of a habitat
Vegetation
A group of birds
Flock
An animal at the top of its food chain with no natural enemy
Top Predator
A coral reef is a ______ habitat
Saltwater
Tiny microscopic water animals called zooplankton depend on algae for food
True
To shed fur, hair, or skin
Molting
Animals that depend on grasses for food
Grazers
The energy transfer from one living thing to another for survival
A flat grassland
Prairie