A | B |
What are structural adaptations? Give an example. | Physical attributes that help organisms meet a life need; example: when an organism changes color to protect it from danger |
What are behavioral adaptations? Give an example. | Different kinds of activities organisms perform; example: when birds fly south for the winter |
In a food chain the energy in a community comes from a(n) ____. | Producer |
Name an example of a producer. | A plant |
An organism's ____ provides food, water, shelter, and space. | Habitat |
The function that an organism performs in the food web of that community is called its ____. | Niche |
What type of organism eats only producers? (plants) | Herbivore |
What breaks down dead plants and animals? | Decomposers |
What do we call a living organism that uses sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make sugar and oxygen? | Producer |
Consumers that eat both plants and animals are ____. | Omnivores |
The flow of energy from the sun through producers, consumers, and decomposers is a ____. | Food web |
An organism that eats only animals is a(n) ____. | Carnivore |
What is an ecosystem? | A community and its nonliving environment |