Physical Adaptations
Physical adaptations like thorns, poison glands, stingers, good eyesight and good hearing can help an organism survive because they do this.
What is protect the organism from predators.
A snake is born knowing how to shed its skin. This type of behavior is known as what?
What is instinct?
Place that an organism lives that has all the resources (food, water, and shelter) needed for survival.
What is a habitat?
A pack of wolves is an example of this part of an environment.
What is a population?
This is a physical adaptation in which an animal mimics or looks like another animal.
What is mimicry?
Mother birds teach their baby birds how to fly. This is known as what type of behavior?
What is learned behavior?
All the populations that live and interact in an area
What is a community?
A limiting factor that keeps more trees from growing in a rainforest.
What is amount of sunlight reaching the forest floor?
Turtles lay their eggs in the sand on the beach. They do not stay there to raise their young. The baby turtles hatch and go straight toward the sea. What type of behavior is this?
What is instinct or life cycle?
Three examples of abiotic factors.
What are water/soil/climate/rock/light/air/nutrients?
An arctic hare changes color from brown to white in the fall and back to brown in the spring. This physical adaptation is called this.
What is camouflage?
A reason why an animal would exhibit mimicry
What is to look like a bigger or more dangerous animal?
Animals, such as owls, have a behavioral adaptation for being active during the night, so that they can find food and avoid predators. What is this behavior called?
What is nocturnal?
When an organism is really specific in its needs, like only eating one type of food, its role in the habitat can be described with this term.
What is narrow niche?
A plant adaptation that can help it survive and make more of its species.
What is attracting pollinators with flowers/scents
or dispersing a lot of seeds
or protection from predators, like thorns or toxins?
Adjective used to describe an animal that is active during the day.
What is diurnal?
White tailed deer are most active right around sunrise and sunset to avoid predators. Being active during this time of day is referred to by this adjective.
What is crepuscular?
There tends to be a high level of diversity in ecosystems near the equator for this reason.
What is because warm climates with at least average rainfall can provide resources for a wide range of species?
Two functions of physical adaptations that can help the organism survive in its environment
What are protection/hiding/getting food/scaring away predators?