Vocabulary 1
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Vocabulary 2
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all the living and nonliving things in an environment
What is an ecosystem?
100
Fish swimming in schools for protection is an example of a ______________________ adaptation.
What is behavioral adaptation?
100
Lazy consumers that eat dead bodies
What is a scavenger?
100
Animals that eat both plants and animals are called ____________________.
What is a omnivore?
100
all the living things in an ecosystem
What is a community?
200
the maximum population size that an ecosystem can support
What is carrying capacity?
200
Tapeworms more than 70 cm in length have been found in humans. What kind of symbiotic relationship is this?
What is parasitism?
200
nonliving things in an ecosystem
What is abiotic factors?
200
organisms that are eaten by other animals
What is prey?
200
the path that energy follows in an ecosystem
What is a food chain?
300
a relationship between two kinds of organisms over a long period of time
What is symbiosis?
300
All the bats that live in a cave form a ______________ in the cave ecosystem.
What is a population?
300
Birds migrating in winter is an example of a __________________ adaptation.
What is a behavioral adaptation?
300
White hares blending in with white snow is an example of which type of camouflage?
What is protective coloration?
300
an adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to another, unpleasant animal
What is mimicry?
400
anything that controls the growth or survival of a population
What is a limiting factor?
400
A green pipefish looks almost exactly like the green grass in its habitat. What type of camouflage is this?
What is protective resemblance?
400
In a food web there is a hawk and a mouse. Which one is the predator?
What is the hawk?
400
The spines and the thick, waxy cuticle on a cactus are what type of adaptation?
What is a structural adaptation?
400
an animal that hunts other animals for food
What is predator?
500
a type of camouflage in which the color of an animal blends in with its background, protecting it against predators
What is protective coloration?
500
A rotting log environment is an example of a ____________________.
What is an ecosystem?
500
Name three abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
What is air, water, soil, rocks, etc.?
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The friendship between a human and a pet dog is an example of what kind of symbiosis?
What is a mutalism?
500
a type of camouflage in which the color and shape of an animal blends in with its background, protecting it against predators
What is protective resemblance?
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