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Flashcards by Jack Lomax, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jack Lomax
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is the name of places where animals live? | habitat |
| What are most condition caused by? | Physical environmental changes |
| What are physical environmental factors? | The non living conditions in the environment of an organism. e.g. temperature and light. |
| What does adapted mean? | when something has particular features to help it do something. |
| How is a jack rabbit adapted to its habitat? | 1. Large ears to allow heat and improve hearing. 2. Large legs to run away quickly from predators. |
| What is a daily change? | changes that happen during the day. |
| what is a seasonal change? | When something changes during a year. |
| What does nocturnal mean? | Organisms that are active at night are nocturnal. |
| What is a deciduous tree? | A tree that drops its leaves during winter. |
| Why deciduous trees drop their leaves? | Because they can't use photsynthesis due to a lack of sunlight. |
| What is an evergreen tree? | A tree that keeps its leaves during winter. |
| How can an evergreen tree keep its leaves? | They have tougher leaves that don't lose much water. |
| what is hibernation? | When animals hide during the winter and go to sleep. |
| What is migration? | When animals move to different parts of the world due to season. |
| What are predators? | Predators are animals that hunt other animals. They hunt prey. |
| What do both predators and preys have? | Adaptations that allow them to hunt or escape. |
| What is a carnivore? | an animal that eats other animals. |
| What is a herbivore? | An animal that eats plants. |
| What is an omnivore? | an animal that eats both plants and animals. |
| What is a parasite? | An organism that live in another organism. |
| What is a food chain? | A way of showing what eats what in a habitat. |
| What is a producer and where is it on the food chain? | An organism that is able to make its own food. A plant is a producer. They are usually at the start. |
| what is a consumer? | An organism that has to other organisms to stay alive. And all are consumers. |
| What does a food chain end with? | a top predator. |
| What is a food web? | Many food chains linked together. Can show omnivores and when two animals eat the same thing. |
| What is a pooter? | A small container connected to two tubes. Used to catch tiny animals. |
| What is a tree beating? | Shaking tree branches too make organisms fall from them. |
| What can animal droppings show? | That animals are in the habitat and what they are eating or near a dead animal. |
| what are some other evidences? | teeth marks, footprints and distinctive trails. |
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