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Question 1
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What is an adaptation?

Question 2
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What defines a biome?

Question 3
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What is an ecosystem?

Question 4
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What is taxonomy?

Question 5
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A food web involves Producers, consumers and decomposers. What do producers rely on to get their food?

Question 6
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Which of these is a producer?

Question 7
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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

Question 8
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Which of the following is a consumer?

Question 9
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What do consumers rely on for energy?

Question 10
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Match the word to the definition

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natural selection
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The process of taming and breeding animals to have traits that are useful for humans
adaptation
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process where the animal that have adaptations that help survival in a particular area will end up having more young survive to pass those traits on.
fittest (from survival of the fittest)
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Question 11
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categorize each adaptation to the type of adaptation it is

  • Many species, such as the Emperor Penguin, exhibit extensive parental care behaviors, including incubating eggs and feeding chicks, to ensure the survival of their offspring.
  • Koalas have highly specialized digestive systems with an elongated cecum and colon that allow them to extract as many nutrients as possible from their fibrous, low-nutrient diet of eucalyptus leaves.
  • Turtles have hard, bony shells that provide protection against predators and harsh environmental conditions, such as drought or extreme temperatures.
consumers
decomposers
a measure of how likely you are to survive and reproduce
Domestication
changes in an organism that helps survival in an environment
The long neck of a giraffe allows it to reach high branches and leaves in tall trees, providing a feeding advantage in the savannah.
Birds like the American Robin build complex nests to protect their eggs and chicks from predators and harsh weather conditions.
Kangaroo rats have highly efficient kidneys that concentrate urine to minimize water loss, enabling them to survive in arid desert environments.
High-altitude animals like the Andean condor have specialized hemoglobin that binds oxygen more efficiently at lower oxygen levels found at high elevations.
structural - shape, color and other aspects of what a body looks like
behavioral - actions, behaviors and instincts species develop to better survive
physiological - aspects of how an organism's body works in order to survive better