Adaptations
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall and winter.
What are deciduous trees?
These are the three main environments of Utah
What is a desert, forest, and wetlands?
Fish have the structure and function of gills in order to...
Take in oxygen from water.
Plants and animals have internal and external structures in order to.... (3 things)
A tree that has needle like leaves that stay green year round.
What is a coniferous tree?
This is why trilobite fossils found in limestone around Utah shows.
What is Utah used to be the sea floor of an ancient ocean? What are some parts of Utah used to be swampy wetlands? (Other answers may be acceptable)
This Utah environment has dry rock, and sandy soil that cannot hold much water. Days are hot and nights tend to be cold.
What is the desert?
Animals with a backbone.
What are vertebrates?
The adaptation that helps animals hide from predators.
What is camouflage.
A desert plant has these to protect itself from being eaten by animals.
What are spines or thorns?
This Utah environment is found in areas where water covers the soil for most of the year. Less than 1% of Utah is this environment.
What is a wetland?
Name 3 of the five categories of vertebrates
What is a mammal, reptile, fish, bird, and amphibian?
Webbed feet, sharp claws, whiskers, sharp teeth, large beaks, wings, and hooves are all...
The roots of a plant can store these 2 things.
What are water and food?
This type of fossil is created in amber, tar, or ice and keeps the organism close to its original state.
What is a preserved remains fossil?
This Utah environment has all four seasons and extremes of both hot and cold temperatures. There is enough rain to support abundant plant life. The soil is nutrient rich due to the high plant and animal life in the area. Dense vegetation is found with many trees, shrubs, and low-lying plants that fill the area. Trees are both deciduous and coniferous and have bark to protect against cold winters.
What is the forest?
Name an important difference between a reptile and an amphibian.
A reptile breathes air all its life, but an amphibian lives part of its life cycle underwater. Reptiles have dry, scaly skin while amphibians have slimy, smooth skin. (Other answers may be acceptable)
If plants and animals do not adapt to their environment, they will....
What is die?
Because cactus plants live in the desert, they get little rainfall and it is very hot during the day. The roots of a cactus plant adapted by ____________________.
Growing deep roots to reach and store water.
This type of fossil is formed when an organism dies, leaving behind an imprint of its shape which fills with minerals and sediments. This creates a "copy" of the original organism.
What is a mold and cast fossil?
A _________ is a large geographical area characterized by the similarity in the plants and animals that live there. There is an interaction within _______s between the plants, animals, climate, soil type, and geography found there. Utah has four _______: wetlands, forests, alpine, and deserts.
What is a biome?
Name a marine mammals that has to come up for air?
What are whales, dolphins, seals and sea lions?