a change that makes a species better fit for its environment
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How does countershading help a species survive?
Countershading helps organisms blend in to their surroundings to hide from predators. Their light bellies blend in with the bright sky when viewed from below and their dark backs blend in with the deep, dark ocean when viewed from above.
100
How does a rod shape adaptation help an organism survive?
Rod shaped fish can swim fast to help it catch its prey and to get away from predators!
100
How does swimming in a school help organisms survive?
Small organisms appear to be a large organism and scare off predators.
100
How does blubber help an organism survive in the ocean?
Blubber keeps ocean organisms warm in cold waters.
200
What does the term "survival of the fittest" mean?
Organisms well fit to their environment will survive and organisms not as well fit will die off.
200
How does camouflage help an organism survive? (2 reasons)
Camouflage helps an organism hide from its predators. It can also sneak up on prey!
200
How does a depressed shape adaptation help an organism survive?
Depressed organisms can lay flat on the ocean floor to hide from predators and to sneak up on prey.
200
How do cleaner fish and sharks work together to survive?
Cleaner fish get protection and food from the shark. The shark gets cleaned by the cleaner fish. (The cleaner fish eats the bacteria off the sharks.)
200
What types of organisms in the ocean have blubber?
Mammals!
300
What are helpful partnerships?
When organisms work together to survive! This means that both organisms benefit from the partnership.
300
How does disruptive coloration help an organism survive?
Disruptive coloration helps an organism survive because its spots and stripes break up the body shape. This makes it difficult for other organisms to see it!
300
How does a compressed shape adaptation help an organism survive?
Compressed fish are so thin, they are hard to be seen by predators head-on! They can also make quick, sharp turns to swim in and out of the coral reef.
300
How does a hermit crab and a sea anemone work together to survive?
The anemone goes on the shell of the hermit crab. The hermit crab is then protected by the anemone. In return, the hermit crab helps the anemone move.
300
How do strange mouths help organisms survive?
Organisms have mouths that help them eat their prey!
400
What are two examples of appendage adaptations?
Possible answers: spines, arms, tentacles
400
How does warning coloration help an organism survive?
Warning coloration helps an organism survive because its colors tell predators that it is dangerous, so they stay away.
400
How does a sphere shape adaptation help an organism survive?
Sphere shaped organisms fill their body with water or air and become too big to be swallowed by predators.
400
How do clown fish and sea anemone work together to survive?
A clown fish gets a safe home inside the anemone. The clown fish attracts food for the anemone.
400
How do barbels help an organism survive?
Organisms use barbels to move through murky water and to help them find food.
500
What is the definition of bioluminescence?
The ability to produce light.
500
How does a false eye spot help organisms survive?
A false eye spot tricks predators into thinking it is facing the other way. Predators will think they are sneaking up behind its prey, but it is really coming at it's real eye! The prey will see it and swim away!
500
How do spines help an organism survive? How do arms and tentacles help an organism survive?
Spines are used for protection against predators. Arms and tentacles are used to catch prey.
500
What color adaptation does a cleaner fish have and how does the adaptation help it survive?
A cleaner fish has advertising coloration. Its colors tell other organisms that it is helpful and in return, the cleaner fish does not get eaten.
500
How does bioluminescence help organisms survive?
Organisms use bioluminescence to communicate, attract prey, and confuse predators.