Chapter 5 11/18/13

The things both living & non living that surround a living thing.

The living & non living things that interact in an enivornment

A group of organism of the same kind that live in the same place.

All the population of organisms that live in an ecosystem at the same time.

The place where a population lives in an ecosystem.

To go into a sleep like state for winter.

Color, patterns and shapes that disguises an animal and helps it hide.

A material that is found in nature that is used by living things.

An ecosystem that is very dry.

A dry an often flat area that is hot in the summer and cold in the winter.The main plants that are found in this ecosystem are grasses.

An ecosystem in which many trees grow.

Any trail that helps a plant or animal survive.

A behavior that an animal knows with out being taught.

To travel from one place to another and back again

Imitating the look of another animal

• 1. grassland
• 2. tundra
• 3. forest
• 4. desert
• 5. salt water
• 6. fresh water

It's a dry and often flat area that is hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

It's a cold and snowy place.

An ecosystem in which many trees grow.

A dry place. Where plant don't long roots. Because they have to absorb the water quickly when it's available.

The water is very salty tasting. Animals such as sharks, sea turtles, coral and octopods are all ocean animals. Organisms that live in the ocean need salt water to survive. Things that live within this ecosystem would not survive in fresh water.

This water is safe for us to drink. Many animals cane live in this ecosystem

• 1. coniferous forest *most plants here have cones on them
• 2. deciduous forest * these plants lose their leaves in the fall
• 3. rain forest *this is a hot and wet forest

Cut down trees to make house, if we chop down all the trees the beavers can't make a home to live.

• hibernate
• migrate
• mimicry
• camouflage