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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List some characteristics that a parent and child might share? | -hair color -eye color -height |
| List a learned behavior. | -a dog avoiding a porcupine after a bad meeting -a pride of lions hunting |
| The ability to speak is a ______ behavior. | learned |
| What can you infer about a flower in the rainforest? | It must need a lot of water |
| What is an example of a living thing and a nonliving thing interacting together? | A gopher digging in the soil |
| What is needed for a producer to make its own food? | Sunlight, water, carbon dioxide |
| How is a food web different from a food chain? | Food webs contain many different food chains |
| Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make their own: | food |
| What role do people play in the food chain? | Consumer |
| How might the lack of sunlight disrupt the food chain? | It would prevent producers from producing nutrients |
| The trees in a food web are both tall and short. The area is hit by a severe drought that kills all the tall trees. The following year, there is a normal amount of rain. What could happen next? | The smaller trees will grow taller. |
| What will likely happen to grass if a drought continues for many years? | It will wilt and die |
| The trees in the food web develop full leaves. The leaves block the sun from the grass. What will happen to the grass and the rabbits? | The grass will die and there will be fewer rabbits |
| If there is a shortage of mice, what is most likely to happen? | Chipmunks eat mice, so they could die. |
| The living organisms in the food web are affected by a fire. All of the animals get away safely from the fire and are able to return to their homes two years after the fire, which animal has the best chance of survival? | Grasshopper because they are herbivores |
| The owl and the hawk both eat the mouse. If the population of the two sets of the birds double, what is most likely to happen to the mouse population? | The mouse population number will decrease |
| The food web diagram is actually a model. It is a representation of what actually happens in nature. What is a limitation of the food web model? | -It underestimates the complexity of the interactions among species. -It may contain inaccurate information |
| Give examples of producers: | broccoli, grass, carrot, tree |