Types of Adaptations
This type of adaptation is a body part that will be visible on the animal.
Structural Adaptation
This word describes an animal who is hunted or consumed by another animal
prey
This type of interaction is where you have a predator-prey relationship
predation
T/F: A sea manatee eating grass is considered a predator-prey relationship.
True
This type of adaptation helps animals procreate
reproductive adaptation
This type of relationship can be signified as: (+,-)
parasitism
This type of competition is between animals of two DIFFERENT species
interspecific competition
T/F: Animals don't change over time. Their relationships with other animals don't really matter.
False
This type of adaptation is an action/habit an animal has
behavioral adaptation
This type of relationship can be described as (+,+)
mutualism
T/F: Foxes tend to hunt rats and small vermin. This would make foxes predators.
True
What type of adaptation would mushroom spores be?
reproductive adaptations
An animal that only eats vegetation and plant matter
herbivore
This type of competition is between two animals of the same species
intraspecific competition
T/F: The acacia tree having empty horns for ants to live in while the ants defend the tree is considered a parasitic relationship.
False (mutualist!)
What type of adaptation is it when birds fly south for the winter?
behavioral adaptation
When two species evolve and change together over time
coevolution
This relationship is one where one species benefits while another isn't impacted at all
commensalism
T/F: A mongoose evolving to withstand the poison of a cobra would be considered commensalism.
False (coevolution!)