4.1. Vocabulary - Sonara desert

What is the definition of "adaptations"?

• A sugary liquid made by flowers

• Features of an organism that help it to survive and reproduce in its habitat

• Tiny grains produced by flowers

What does "nectar" refer to?

• Active at night

• A network of interactions between living and non-living things

• A sugary liquid made by flowers, to attract insects for pollination

What are "pollen" grains?

• Transferring pollen grains from an anther to a stigma

• Tiny grains produced by flowers, which contain their male gametes

• The study of organisms in their environment

What does "pollinating" mean?

• Affect one another

• Transferring pollen grains from an anther to a stigma

• Surroundings; for an organism, anything external to the organism that affects it

How do organisms "interact"?

• Affect one another

• Active at night

• Interconnecting food chains

What is meant by "environment"?

• The place where an organism lives

• Surroundings; for an organism, anything external to the organism that affects it

• The study of organisms in their environment

When is something described as "nocturnal"?

• Active at night

• A network of interactions between living and non-living things

• Interconnecting food chains

Define “ecosystem”:

• The place where an organism lives

• A network of interactions between living and non-living things; it is generally considered to be self-contained, although in practice all ecosystems interact in at least some ways with other ecosystems

• Features of an organism that help it survive and reproduce in its habitat

What does “food web” indicate?

• Interconnecting food chains, indicating how energy is transferred between organisms in an ecosystem

• Tiny grains produced by flowers

• Transferring pollen grains from one flower to another

Define “ecology”:

• The study of organisms in their environment

• Affect one another

• Active at night