| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Producer | Organism makes its own food, producer gets their energy from the sun |
| Examples of Producers | tree, vine, grass, flower |
| Consumers | living things that eat plants or animals and get their energy from them |
| Herbivore | plant eater |
| examples of herbivores | deer, giraffes, cow, horse, caterpillar, elephant |
| carnivore | meat eater |
| examples of carnivores | lion, hyena, tiger |
| omnivore | eats meat and plants |
| examples of omnivores | human, bear, frog, monkey |
| decomposer | living things that get energy by living off of others, without decomposers, plants would not be okay, return the nutrients that are in a living thing to the soil, can be found at any link in food chain, but are usually at the end of a food chain |
| exs. of decomposers | fly, worm, centipede, slug |
| characteristics of fish | fins to swim easily, gills for breathing, scales for protection, lay eggs or have live birth, cold-blooded |
| characteristics of birds | wings, beaks, feathers, warm-blooded, lay eggs, hollow bones to help birds fly |
| characteristics of amphibians | smooth skin, jelly-like eggs for young, metamorphosis, slimy |
| characteristics of mammals | hair/fur, warm-blooded, live birth, walks or runs or two or four feet, dolphins, whales and seals live in water |
| characteristics of reptiles | live in water or on land, cold-blooded, scales, lay eggs, breathe with lungs, dry, scaly skin |
| a few examples of vertebrates | tigers, lions, monkey, alligator, frog, people |
| a few examples of invertebrates | worm, ants, beetle |
| body covering | keeps animals warm and protects them |
| examples of animals that have body covering | polar bear (thick fur) , armadillo (shell) , crab (shell), porcupine (spikes) |
| weaponry | natural weapons that scare away enemies |
| exs. of weaponry | skunk (smell), bull (horns), ostrich (beak) |
| strength | strong body parts help animals catch food |
| exs. of animals that have strength | tiger, elephant, scorpion |
| hibernate | to sleep through the winter |
| exs. of animals that hibernate | bear, |
| camoflauge | ability to change colors to blend in with the environment |
| exs. of animals that camoflauge | chameleon, some frogs, cuddlefish |
| speed | some animals are fast so they can escape enemies or catch prey |
| exs. of animals that are fast | gazelle, cheetah |
| food web | made up of lots of food chains linked together |
| food chain | a path by which energy passes from one living thing to another |
| prey | the food that predators eat |
| predators | the animals that eat other animals |
| mimicry | copying off of another animal so that you don't get eaten |
| adaptation | the ability to adjust to the environment |
| 6 kind of adaptations to know | body coverings/parts, hibernation, camouflage, weaponry, strength, speed |
| polar bear | furry feet--helps him walk in soft snow |
| desert fox | long ears- help him rid his body of heat |
| polar animals | thick layers of fat- protect them from the cold |
| bird | feathers- act as heat insulators (insulate= to keep warm) |
| arctic fox | short ears -- helps save body heat |
| armadillo | bony armor- protects if from enemies |
| soma animals | thick winter coats- shed during spring |
| brown bear | hibernates -- when there is not a lot of food |
| hawk | sharp beaks-- tears flesh apart |
| snowshoe rabbit | white color- helps fade into surroundings |
| walking stick | shape-makes it look like a twig |
| skunk | powerful smell- protects itself from enemies |
| octopus/squid | squirt chemicals-- |
| seal | flippers - make it a powerful swimmer |
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