Behavioral traits vocab
A living thing that obtains energy by eating plants.
Autotrophs
What are examples of traits?
hair color, eye color, skin color, freckle, height, etc...
When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources.
Competition
What is an example of symbiosis?
Mutualism
A self-contained living thing
Organism
A living thing that obtains its energy by obtaining other organisms.
heterotroph
What are examples of survival skills?
Finding food, avoiding dangers, and finding shelter
A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them
Ecosystem
What is an example of a biotic factor?
Plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
Population
Behavior that is required through experience
Learned Behavior
What are examples of life cycles?
Plant life cycle, Human life cycle, animal cycle
An interaction between organisms or species that is helpful to one but neither helpful nor harmful to the other
Commensalism
What are examples of prededation?
Lion and Zebra, Wolf and Deer, Shark and seal, and etc....
A relationship between organisms or species that is helpful to both
Mutualism
The process of staying alive and in existence
Survival
what are examples of learned behaviors for animals?
Hunting techniques, Avoiding predators, and migration routes
A living thing that affects the ecosystem
Biotic Factor
What is an example of an abiotic factor?
Water, air, soil, light, and minerals.
A relationship between organisms of different species where the one organism benefits at the expense of the other
Parasitism
Behavior that you were born with and did not have to learn
Instinct
What are some examples of Instincts in animals?
Reflex Actions, Fight or Flight response, and Hibernation
A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem
Abiotic Factor
What is an example of commensalism
Hermit Crabs and Empty Shells, Remora fish and sharks, Barnacles on Whales
Biotic or abiotic environmental factor that restricts the growth of a population
Limiting Factor