Biomes, Food Chains, Animal Adaptions And Recycling Flashcards
What is warning colour?
Colours or markings that warn the other animals to stay away
What is adaptions?
Special stricter sand behaviours that help an organism to succeed in its ecosystem
Why don’t birds eat orange and black striped butterflies?
Because they taste sour
What is mimicry?
An adoption that involves looking like another living thing
What is camouflage?
The ability to blend in with your surroundings
What are attractants?
Some living things attract other living things with colours or smells
What are the three classified categories?
Structural , physiological , behavorial
What is structural?
Special parts of the body
What is physiological?
How the body functions
What is behavioral?
How it behaves
Ecosystems are always what?
Changing
List Three natural changes in ecosystems
Drought, flood, forest fires
What are some man-made changes to an ecosystem?
Forest clearing, landfills, forest fires
What are the main three causes of droughts?
Not enough water, not enough plants, not enough herbivores
What are the main causes for floods?
Water covers plants so they don’t get any sunlight, not enough plants, not enough herbivores, loose their habitat…
What are long term causes of forest clearing?
Herbivores will die or move, less oxygen will be created, different plants and animals
What are long-term changes in landfills?
They lose their habitat, scavengers and decomposers move into habitat, smell and pollution
The process of the changing of ecosystems is what?
Succession
What is primary secession?
When no community was there before
What is secondary succession?
This occurs after the partial or complete destruction
Primary succession begins with what?
Bare rock
What are first organisms called?
Pioneer organisms
_________ _________ transform the environment
Pioneer organisms
Pioneer organisms include what?
Lichens, grasses, and weeds