A BCDE
Mosquitoes have what mouthpart adaptation?
Piercing/sucking
Webbed-feet are an adaptation for which animals
Turtles, ducks, swans, geese
Describe a negative effect on the environment in which humans contributed
Oil spills, leaching from landfills, stream pollution from pesticides, erosion due to poor land management
How can construction areas impact an environment?
Increase erosion and silt levels in waterways
How does the coloring of an animal allow it to survive?
Allows it to camouflage, warn off or mimic to survive
What do we call the Bees when they help plants reproduce?
Pollinators
Specialized characteristics that help animals survive
adaptations
The large eyes of an owl is an adaptation that allows the bird to?
Find prey at night
Examples of animals that have bright, vibrant colors as a warning to stay away
Ladybugs, Sphinx moths, Monarch butterflies, Poison dart frogs
Desert plant have small leaves or no leaves. This adaptation is to?
Reduce water loss in a dry climate. Conserves water.
Organisms with the following characteristics are members of which animal group: warm blooded, live birth, fur or hair?
mammals
The different types of coloration adaptation
Warning- bright colors-tastes bad-poisonous Camouflage -blend in with surroundings Mimicry- imitates other insects or objects Flashy -attracts a mate Seasonal Change -winter white/summer brown
Amphibians have which characteristics?
Endothermic, terrestrial and aquatic habitats, lays eggs
Examples of Animals that change color during the seasons to blend into their surroundings
Arctic fox, snowshoe hare, owls
Names of different adaptive mouth parts
Chewing mouth-locust, beetles, grasshopper, roaches, preying mantis Chewing/lapping mouth- wasps and bees Piercing/sucking mouth- mosquito and flies Proboscis- long drinking tube- Monarch butterfly and Sphinx moths
The largest group to classify living things
kingdom
An animal that has a temperature that fluctuates with the surrounding temperature
Cold-blooded endothermic
How does a skunks spry allow it to survive?
Makes the predator retreat, seeing the skunk on subsequent visits scares off the predator
Describe ways in which animals survive harsh environements
Hot places- dig underground homes sweat roll in mud nocturnal Cold Places- fur layers of fat burrow into snow hibernate
What type of relationship is fungus on a tree
parasitic
Definition of camouflage
Coloration of animals that allows them to blend in with their surroundings
The type of relationship between cleaner bird and a shark
mutualistic
All of the sun fish living in Lake Cunningham is an example of?
population
What is a close long term interaction between species?
symbiosis
When organisms are unable to adapt to a change in their environment they might?
Become extinct