If plants and animals want to survive in their environment they must ________.
adapt
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water is called a
drought
Name three living things that have spines for defense?
cactus, hedgehog, porcupine, sea urchin, lion fish...
A scientist that studies ecology is an ____________.
ecologist
What is a habitat?
A place where a living thing naturally lives and grows.
What is a spiky adaptation used for defense ?
Spines
What is ecology?
The study of living things and their environment.
You can ____ to a TV from your phone or you can _____ a fishing line.
cast
A characteristic of a living thing that helps it survive in its environment is an _____________.
Adaptation
The process of slowly wearing away or destroying, or making smooth is ________.
erosion
Large heavy rocks that are worn smooth by erosion
boulders
After being in the sun, my car was _______
scorching
The thick trees provide an excellent _________ for many animals.
habitat
Habitats provide what three basic needs for survival?
food, water, shelter
Camouflage in different plants and animals is a kind of _________to help animals survive.
adaptation
The sun _________ a long shadow on the ground.
cast
Ecologists examine how living things in an environment depend on one another for _________.
survival