Utah Plants and Animals

Scientist who studies plants

• Biologist

• Botanist

areas where water covers the soil, or is present either at or near the surface of the soil all year or for varying periods of time during the year, including during the growing season. ie . swamps, marshes.

• Wetland

• Forest

• Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a complex ecosystem consisting mainly of trees that buffer the earth and support a myriad of life forms.

• Wetland

• Forest

• Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of Earth’s major types of ecosystems, supporting a community of distinctive plants and animals specially adapted to the harsh environment.

• Wetland

• Forest

• Desert

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A desert receives less than _________ of water annually

• 250 inches

• 10 inches

• 5 inches

any change in the structure or behavior of a species which helps it to become better fitted to survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Adaptation

• Mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

___________ is something that sheds after a period of time, such as a tree or a shrub that sheds its leaves annually

• Deciduous

• Coniferous

____________ are mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves

• Deciduous

• Coniferous

an animal lacking a backbone

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

an animal that has a backbone or spinal column

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate