Ecosystem, Adaptation, and Food Chains

The body structures that allow an animal to find and consume food, defend itself, and to reproduce its species is called _________________ adaptation.

• behavioral

• physical

• environmental

What does this image show?

• Life Cycle

• Food Chain

• Water Cycle

All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with

• an herbivore

• the sun

• a decomposer

an example of producer consumer relationship would be

• lion eating a deer

• grasshopper getting energy from grass

• earthworm breaking down dead material

a structure or a behavior that helps an organism survive in its surroundings

• adaptation

• camouflage

• hibernation

the shape, color, or pattern of an animal that helps it blend in with its surroundings

• hibernation

• camouflage

• adaptation

one organism looking like another kind of organism in its environment so it can escape predators or catch prey

• camouflage

• mimicry

• species

a living organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food, using the energy of the Sun, water and carbon dioxide

• predator

• producer

• decomposer

a living organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

• herbivore

• consumer

• producer

an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals

• prey

• predator

• herbivore