Diversity and Adaptations of
Organisms Study Guide
Answers
1. gestation period
2. Larger animals take longer to develop.
3. Placenta
4. Uterus
5. Uterus
6. an animal that eats meat
7. The ears allow them to cool down (release heat).
8. They are all rodents.
9. The teeth would grow into the rodent's lower jaw.
10. primates
11. They are a rodent.
12. It allows them to reach leaves in tall trees that other animals can't
reach.
13. a. jack rabbit
h. cattle
b. Squirrel
i. porpoise
c. Bat
j. manatee
d. Mole
k. spider monkey
e. walrus
f. elephant
g. Armadillo
14. Producer
15. Omnivores
16. Decomposers
17. Producer
18. Consumer
19. 1st level
20. Scavengers
21. Food web
22. Biome
23. Tundra
24. Desert
25. Dispersal
26. Wind
27. The other organisms would also die.
28.The variable being tested or
what changes in an experiment.
29.What you measure
30.The group that does not receive
the independent variable
31.Factors held constant
32.Dish soap
33.Plant height
34.Group 1: no dish soap
35.Same plants
36.
Human
Cow
Grass