Science Camp

a behavior or characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive

• ecosystem

• adaptation

• producer

• weathering

A plant that sheds its leaves seasonally

• evergreen

• photosynthesis

• deciduous

• producer

animals that are primarily awake and active during the day are called: (a)   while animals that are active at night are called ​ (b)  

• diurnal
• nocturnal
• herbivores
• consumers

Match the following

• an organism (usually a plant) that makes its own food

• consumer

• an organism that breaks down dead organisms

• decomposer

• an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

• herbivore

• an animal that eats other animals

• carnivore

• an animal that eats plants

• producer

Match the following

• rock formed by the cooling and hardening of magma

• metamorphic rock

• sediment that is transported, deposited in water, and then compressed into rock

• igneous rock

• rock changed by heat and pressure

• sedimentary rock

A plant that retains some of its leaves throughout the year

• deciduous

• evergreen

• habitat

• producer

Match the following

• an area with living and nonliving things that interact

• inter-dependence

• the area where an animal naturally lives

• habitat

• the study of the Earth and the forces that affect it

• geology

• the idea that everything in an ecosystem is related to everything else

• ecosystem

Match the following

• the theory that Earth's crust is divided into plates that move

• plate tectonics

• the process of breaking down rocks by mechanical and chemical forces

• erosion

• the transport of rock by forces like wind and water

• weathering

the process by which organisms, like plants, use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce their own food

• adaptation

• weathering

• photosynthesis

• producer

The first people to live in the San Bernardino Mountains were:

• the English

• the Spanish

• the Yuhaaviatam

• The Navajo