Vocabulary
Vocabulary Continued
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100
Occurs when one organism works against another to get what it needs to live
What is competition?
100
Organisms that do this do not survive.
What is perish?
100
Organisms may compete for these four things.
What is space, water, food, or some other need?
100
These are two examples of adaptations.
What is lamb's wool and giraffe's long neck?
100
These are the two ways people are trying to protect endangered organisms.
What is national parks and passing laws?
200
The job or role an organism has in an ecosystem.
What is niche?
200
When an organism finds a new home.
What is relocate?
200
An organism’s niche includes these three things.
What is what the organism does, what the organism eats, and how the organism interacts with others?
200
Some animals defend themselves by fighting with these three things.
What is sharp teeth, strong claws, and powerful jaws?
200
These three things have killed off many living things.
What is changes in habitats, pollution, and hunting?
300
A special characteristic that helps an organism survive.
What is adaptation?
300
When there are very few of an organism's kind left.
What is endangered?
300
These are the most common type of forest in the United States.
What are temperate forests?
300
This is a way of acting that an animal is born with.
What is instinct?
300
When people replace plains or forests with new towns, organisms may __________________ or _________________.
What is lose their homes or become overcrowded?
400
An adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its environment.
What is camouflage?
400
When there are no more of that type of organism alive.
What is extinct?
400
Rainforests are much _____________ and _____________ than temperate forests.
What is wetter and warmer?
400
Animals have many ways of ________________ themselves against danger.
What is defending?
400
These are three examples of endangered species.
What is Bengal tiger, Loggerhead turtle, and California condor?
500
Looking like another organism.
What is mimicry?
500
A way that organisms respond to change in their environment.
What is adjusting?
500
Desert plants compete for this, while rabbits compete for this.
What is water, food?
500
A ____________rabbit blends in with the snow, while ______________ rabbits match their forest habitat.
What is white, brown?
500
Bulbs and seeds surviving underground and beginning to grow in ash is part of this stage in the process of a forest coming back after a fire.
What is stage one?
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