How a living organism regulates its internal environment to maintain stability
Homeostasis
100
A relationship where two animals benefit is called what?
Mutualism
100
Name two reasons an animal might migrate!
To find new food
To avoid bad weather
To mate
100
Naturalist famous for developing the theory of Natural Selection
Charles Darwin
100
Two plants, both native to the area, grow and try to receive more sunlight and water than the other. What kind of relationship is this?
Competitive relationship
200
This is a physical adaptation in which an animal looks or sounds like another more dangerous animal.
mimicry
200
A bacteria lives inside a human stomach and helps to break down all entering food. What type of relationship is this?
Mutualism
200
What are two ways a seed is dispersed
wind
water
gravity
animals
200
What are the four parts of Natural Selection
Overproduction
variation
selection
adaptation
200
The father of genetics is
Gregor Mendel
300
What behavioral adaptation does the following statement describe.
"heartbeat slows, metabolism slows, sleeping for long periods of time"
Hibernation
300
A tapeworm lives in a pigs stomach and steals all of the pigs food and causes it pain.
What kind of relationship is this?
Parasitism
300
Charles Darwin observed that some spies such as turtle will lay thousands of eggs, this is an example of what?
overproduction
300
What is an organism called that travels to a new habitat from a foreign place and competes for the same food?
invasive species
400
The feathers of a turkey allow it to blend into its environment, what type of adaptation do you think that is?
camouflage
400
A small beetle rides on the back of an ox in order to travel quickly and the ox does not notice.
What kind of relationship is this?
Commensalism
400
n a green grassy field, if a population of ants starts out purple, green, and yellow, what color will the ants eventually become due to natural selection?
green
400
individuals best suited to compete, survive, and
reproduce in their environment will pass on favorable traits.
natural selection
500
When humans get sick and have a fever how do they maintain homeostasis?
By sweating!
500
Is it possible for two humans to be in a symbiotic relationship? Why?
No, because symbiosis occurs between two different species!
500
What might cause a plan to enter dormancy?
Lack of water
Lack of sunlight
Colder temperatures
500
The passing of genetic information from one generation to the next is know as what?