Adaptations and Ecosystem Review

Which two are examples of adaptations?

• A tree going dormant for winter and fall

• A tadpole being born.

• A plant growing toward the window.

• A bug blending into the tree it is on.

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Name the two types of adaptations we learned about.

• photosynthesis

• behavioral

• spatial

• physical/structural

All living and nonliving things in an environment (Ex: Desert)

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Population

• Community

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An area where a plant or animal lives (Ex: fish in a pond)

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

Populations of species that live in the same place at the same time together (Ex: fish, frogs, water spiders, algae, snails)

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

All organisms of the SAME species that live in the SAME place at the SAME time (Ex: salmon living with his family)

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

When an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and physical activity are temporarily stopped is called _____________. (Hint: what trees are in during winter and fall)

• adaptation

• mimicry

• camoulauge

• dormancy

What two seasons are trees "dormant" in?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

Female birds blending into the trees and their nests is an example of a ____________ adaptation.

• behavioral

• structural

A bear hibernating in a cave for winter in an example of a ____________ adaptation.

• behavioral

• structural