2. Essential Questions How do parts of animals help them to adapt to their environment? Why do organisms become extinct? What occurs at each stage of development in complete and incomplete metamorphosis? What are the roles of the producers, consumers, and decomposers in a food chain? How does the flow of energy go through a food chain? How will changes in the environment affect a community of organisms?

3. Vocabulary Adaption Habitat, niche Migration Mimicry Nocturnality Hibernation

4. Animal Adaptations Animals have different body structures that help them survive in different environments. These are called_____________. Adaptations

5. Some types of body adaptations are_________________. Camouflage, thickened fur, large eyes, mimicry, hollow bones, beaks, specialized feet, talons, claws, etc.

6. How does a polar bears fur color help him in an Arctic environment? Their white fur helps them camouflage themselves in the snow. Their thick fur helps keep the warm.

7. What are claws-talons for? To hold onto branches or tear apart food.

8. What happens to plants and animals if they cannot adapt to a new or change in the environment? They will not survive (die).

9. Some types of behavior adaptations are_________________. Migration, mimicry, hibernation, nocturnality

10. Why do ducks migrate? To find food in warmer areas.

11. Vocabulary Complete metamorphosis Incomplete metamorphosis

12. Animals that change form in different stages of their life cycle go through __________. Metamorphosis

13. Complete metamorphosis has _______ stages. 4 Egg, larva, pupa, and adult http://www.backyardnature.net/metac omp.htm http://www.backyardnature.net/metac omp.htm

14. Incomplete metamorphosis has_____ stages. 3 Egg, nymph, adult

16. Gives some examples of animals that go through metamorphosis. Frogs and butterflies and potato beetle

17. Butterfly cycle http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/life-cycle

18. What happens in the cocoon stage? New body parts of the butterfly are formed.

19. Vocabulary Food chain producer Consumer Decomposer Fungi Algae Scavenger Predator Prey

20. All food chains begin with ________. Producers

21. Producers make their own _______. food

22. Producers use a process called ________ to create their own food. photosynthesis

23. Food chains show the flow of ______. energy

24. Put these components of the food chain in order. Carnivore Herbivore Producer Decomposer Producer----herbivore----carnivore---- decomposer

25. Put these components of the food chain in order. Carnivore Algae herbivore Decomposer Algae----herbivore----carnivore----decomposer

26. Food chains end with the ________ that in turn adds nutrients to the soil. decomposer

27. Some examples of decomposers are ____________. Worms, millipedes, maggots, and fungi.

28. Vocabulary germination photosynthesis pollination chlorophyll respiration vertebrate Invertebrate

29. What types of adaptations help a cacti survive? Their spines protect them from animals trying to eat them. Their make up holds water. They have thick, waxy skin.

30. How do animals ensure their existence? reproduce

31. Animals help in the process of _________ and seed disbursement of plants. pollination

32. Essential Questions How do we classify plants and animals? What makes up the body? How are animals grouped? How are the structures of the animal and plant cell similar? How are the structures of the animal cell and plant cell different?

33. Vocabulary cell tissue organs Organ systems (body systems) organisms

34. How do we observe cells? microscope

35. __________ are the building blocks of all living things. Cells

36. Put these in order Organs, cells, tissue, organ systems (body systems) Cells-----tissues-----organ-----organ systems

37. Another word for organ systems is ________. Body systems

38. Organ systems work together to carry out all ________________. Body functions

39. Put these in orders Population, organisms, community, ecosystems Organisms-----populations----- communities-----ecosystems

40. Vocabulary population community ecosystem

41. Vocabulary Classification endotherm ectotherm Bacteria Algae Animalia Plantae Protista Fungi Archaebacteria Eubacteria

42. Put in the correct column Birds, insects, arthropods, reptiles, jellyfish, amphibians, worms, fish, mammals, insects, snails Vertebrates Invertebrates Birdsinsects Reptiles arthropods Amphibiansjellyfish Fishworms Mammalssnails

43. Put in the correct column reptiles, mammals, fish, birds Endotherms Ectotherms birdsfish mammals reptiles

44. Is a snake an ectotherm or endotherm? ectotherm

45. Name all the Kingdoms

46. The first order of classification taxonomy is ___________. Kingdom

47. Members of the Plantea kingdom __________. Create their own food using photosynthesis.

48. Humans are members of the _______ kingdom. Animalia

49. Mushrooms belong to the ________ kingdom. Fungi

50. Essential Questions What are geological features? Which geological features are located in North and South Poles? What are some landform processes? How can a force be both destructive and constructive at the same time? How are canyons formed?

51. Vocabulary erosion beaches Ocean ridges Continental shelf plateaus faults canyons Sand dunes Ice caps Plains Glacier delta

52. Dry land and ocean floors are _________________ constantly changing over time.

53. _______________ and _____________ change Earth’s land and ocean floors. Volcanoes and earthquakes

54. _____________ is the movement of rock material from one place to another. Erosion

55. _____________ is the slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces. Weathering

56. _______ ______ includes all dry land as well as the ocean floor. Earth’s crust

57. _____________ are geological features of Earth. Landforms

58. Most landforms can be found all around the world (globally), but others are found in specific areas. Example-____ ___ are found only at the North and South Poles. Ice caps

59. Landforms can be changed by ________, ________, _______, and ________. Landslides, water erosion, wind erosion, and earthquakes

60. ___ _____ _____ was formed by water erosion. The Grand Canyon

61. Beaches are protected from erosion by ______ _______. sand dunes, barrier islands

62. Glaciers, deltas, and canyons are types of __________. landforms

63. The ring of fire is a chain of volcanoes formed by ________. Faults or plate tectonics

64. _____ of the Earth is water. 70%