Environments and Survival Amplify

A ___________ is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.

• prey

• structure

• variation

• predator

To __________ is to stay alive.

• design

• engineer

• survive

• inference

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Making it easier for an organism to meet its needs in an environment is

• criteria

• adaptive

• design

• engineer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

____________ is getting engineering ideas from organisms traits.

• explanation

• inference

• biomimicry

• desing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Tiger is in charge of trying to design new ways of solving problems using what he knows about science. Tiger is probably

• a teacher

• a designer

• an engineer

• a predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The folks in the Alaskan wilderness have to hunt and fish for food, because there are no stores. They have noticed less moose in the area. They think it is because there is not enough food for them. How can test their claim?

• They can check the area for food the moose usually eat.

• They can look somewhere else for moose.

• They can try to attract moose with a new type of food.

• They should just eat fish.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In our last unit, we learned about Wolf 44's hunting style. He hunted elk in packs of 4. Wolf 44 is

• prey

• a predator

• an engineer

• an adaptation

When you figure something out based on observations and what you already know, this is called

• an inference

• an environment

• an adaptation

• an organism

Calvin loves to tear into bags of chips. Today when I got home, there were chips all over the floor. What can I infer?

• Natalie spilled the chips.

• Kono ate the chips.

• Calvin tore into the chips again!

• Nugget put the chips all over the floor.

______________ is a group of the same kind of organism living in the same area.

• an organism

• an animal population

• an adaptive engineer

• a biomimcry investigation