Animal Adaptations
How are behavioral and structural adaptations alike?
They help animals to survive
In a food chain, this organism uses sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food and oxygen.
What is: a producer?
What is something you could do that would NOT help the ecosystem you live in?
Littering, leaving lights on when not needed, letting the water run when not in use, pouring chemicals into bodies of water, etc.
A living thing in an ecosystem
an organism
The flow of energy through different organisms in an ecosystem is known as what?
a food web or food chain
Types of teeth, beaks, claws and body coverings are what kind of adaptations?
What are structural adaptations?
In a food chain or food web, the arrow used between organisms represents what?
The transfer of energy.
When the last animal in a population dies and is gone forever, the animal becomes--
extinct
A group of the SAME type of organisms
Population
Which would NOT be found in a forest habitat.. bear, tree, ant, turkey, deer, shark, tiger, wolf, and rabbit
shark and tiger
Behavioral Adaptations
an animal being hunted by another animal is called what?
Prey
How can you help keep ecosystems clean and safe for the organisms?
recycle, pick up trash, clean up the park, leave organisms in their ecosystem alone, no polluting the earth, etc.
Each organism's home which provides food, water, shelter, and space. This includes living and non-living things
A habitat/ecosystem
Where does the energy start in the food chain?
The sun
An owl has a sharp beak and claws for catching prey and tearing the meat. It also has good eyesight to see in low light. What are these types of adaptations?
Structural adaptations
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats another organism. They cannot make their own food.
what is happening to ecosystems when more and more houses are being built?
Organisms are losing their homes.
A role that an organism plays in its ecosystem
A niche
An animal that eats only plants is known as..
herbivores
Penguins will huddle to keep their chicks warm. What type of adaptation is this?
Behavioral adaptations
In a food web or chain, if a grasshopper has an arrow pointing to a frog, what does that mean?
The frog is getting it's energy from the grasshopper. The frog is eating the grasshopper.
Do habitats have more producers or consumers?
producers- they provide oxygen and food for many consumers
A group of DIFFERENT types of organisms in one place
community
In a food web, an example of a predator and its prey
What are: fox - frog; weasel - mouse; bird - insect; etc.?